{"id":8139,"date":"2017-06-26T08:00:27","date_gmt":"2017-06-26T15:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/?p=8139"},"modified":"2017-06-24T21:52:44","modified_gmt":"2017-06-25T04:52:44","slug":"sylum-inspiration-perseus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/sylum-inspiration-perseus\/","title":{"rendered":"Sylum Inspiration: Perseus"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Vampire Council: Hunter<\/h2>\n

There is a lot of myth and legend surrounding Perseus\u2019 life.<\/p>\n

Perseus<\/a> was the son of\u00a0Zeus\u00a0and\u00a0Dana\u00eb, who by her very name, was the\u00a0archetype\u00a0of all the\u00a0Danaans.\u00a0\u00a0Dana\u00eb was the daughter of\u00a0Acrisius, King of\u00a0Argos. Disappointed by his lack of luck in having a son, Acrisius consulted the\u00a0oracle at Delphi, who warned him that he would one day be killed by his daughter\u2019s son with Zeus. In order to keep Dana\u00eb childless, Acrisius imprisoned her in a bronze chamber, open to the sky, in the courtyard of his palace: \u00a0\u00a0This\u00a0mytheme\u00a0is also connected to\u00a0Ares,\u00a0Oenopion,\u00a0Eurystheus, etc. Zeus came to her in the form of a shower of gold, and impregnated her.\u00a0Soon after, their child was born; Perseus\u2014\u201dPerseus Eurymedon,\u00a0for his mother gave him this name as well\u201d (Apollonius of Rhodes,\u00a0Argonautica<\/i>\u00a0IV).<\/p>\n

Fearful for his future, but unwilling to provoke the wrath of the gods by killing the offspring of Zeus and his daughter, Acrisius cast the two into the sea in a wooden chest.\u00a0Dana\u00eb\u2019s fearful prayer, made while afloat in the darkness, has been expressed by the poet\u00a0Simonides of Ceos. Mother and child washed ashore on the island of\u00a0Serifos, where they were taken in by the fisherman\u00a0Dictys (\u201cfishing net\u201d), who raised the boy to manhood. The brother of Dictys was\u00a0Polydectes\u00a0(\u201che who receives\/welcomes many\u201d), the king of the island.<\/p>\n

More on the Myth see the Vampire Council Library<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Some of the myth is true, his mother was\u00a0Dana\u00eb; his father though is unknown. \u00a0Her husband Acrisius threw mother and son into the sea, and they were found by Dictys, and only Perseus survived. \u00a0He was raised to be a fisherman, content with life, until the war between two kingdoms destroyed his home, killing his family.<\/p>\n

He made his way to Aethiopia, where he fell in love with\u00a0Andromeda. \u00a0The king offered his daughter\u2019s hand if he was to slay the rival king, and bring back the queen\u2019s head. \u00a0The journey faced many challenges, but when he returned he discovered that Andromeda had married another. \u00a0Legend has it he tossed the queen\u2019s head at the family\u2019s feet, turning them to stone.<\/p>\n

The truth is he pretty much destroyed the city on his way out.<\/p>\n

He set out to take up his father\u2019s craft when he met Methos, who offered him another opportunity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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