Read the excerpt from "Perseus."[Queen Cassiopeia] had boasted that she was more beautiful than the daughters of Nereus, the Sea-god. An absolutely certain way in those days to draw down on one a wretched fate was to claim superiority in anything over any deity; nevertheless people were perpetually doing so.
Which characteristics of a Greek hero are shown in this excerpt? Select three responses.
Which characteristics of a Greek hero does the excerpt show? Select two responses.
Read the excerpt from "Persues."Each guest, as was customary, brought a gift for the bride-to-be, except Perseus alone. He had nothing he could give. He was young and proud and keenly mortified. He stood up before them all and did exactly what the King had hoped he would do, declared that he would give him a present better than any there. He would go off and kill Medusa and bring back her head as his gift. Nothing could have suited the King better. No one in his senses would have made such a proposal. Medusa was one of the Gorgons.
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When Cepheus consents to give his daughter Andromeda to the sea serpent, it reflects the ancient Greek values of
Perseus best proves he is a hero with great fighting skills by
Read the excerpt from "Persues."He announced that he was about to be married, and he called his friends together for a celebration, including Perseus in the invitation. Each guest, as was customary, brought a gift for the bride-to-be, except Perseus alone.
Embarrassed when he lacks a gift for Polydectes’s bride, Perseus proclaims that he will provide the best wedding gift conceivable. By doing so, Perseus’s forgets to value
Which story event in "Perseus" best shows that the ancient Greeks valued intelligence?
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