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Bellerophontes
Corinth —> Mycenae
Potiphar’s wife motif
tames Pegasus and kills Chimera
defeats Amazon warriors
thinks he belonged on Olympus but Zeus throws him to the ground and breaks his legs

Proitos
king of Mycenae who purifies Bellerophontes and sends him to Lycia for Sthenoboea to deal with
Potipher’s wife motif
older woman accuses younger man of rape after being rejected
Chimera
lion/goat/snake

Rationalization
a form of myth criticism or interpretation that seeks to find logical or historical roots for mythical stories and figures.
Allegory
saying one thing but meaning something else
Perseus
son of Zeus and Danae
raised in Seriphos
steals Graeae’s eye
killed Medusa
defeated sea monster and married Andromeda
turns king of Seriphos to stone using Medusa’s head
accidently kills King of Argos with discus

Acrisius
king of Argos
got a prophecy that Danae’s son would overthrow him
killed by discus Perseus threw

Danae
daughter of Acrisius
locked away by Acrisius
Zeus turned into golden rain and had sex with her
Mother of Perseus
Locked into chest and thrown into ocean with Perseus

Graeae
the grey women (old women)
only have 1 eye and 1 tooth between all 3 of them
Medusa
gorgo killed by Perseus
Pegasus and Chrysaor came out of her neck when she was beheaded

Andromeda
chained to a rock as a sacrifice for a sea monster sent by Poseidon because her mother boasted about her being more beautiful than the Nereids
