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Heroic Characteristics in "Perseus"

Question 5 • CUSD English 9 A (5.0)

Which excerpt from "Perseus" best represents a characteristic of a Greek hero?

Answer
A
[Andromeda] had boasted that she was more beautiful than the daughters of Nereus, the Sea-god.
B
[Athena and Hermes] told him which one was Medusa and that was important, for she alone of the three could be killed; the other two were immortal.
C
King Acrisius of Argos had only one child, a daughter, Danaë. She was beautiful above all the other women of the land.
D
Polydectes evidently talked to Perseus about [Gorgons]; he probably told him that he would rather have the head of one of them than anything else in the world.