st, over many a league of sea, till he ca
w long, hoping all day to see the blue sparkling Med
ll day long he strove against it, but even the sandals could not prevail. And when
but again down came the sandstorms and swept him back int
see my mother more, and the blue ripple
er he had prayed ther
I am not here but by the will of the gods, for Athené will
hed for joy, and leapt down the cliff and drank of the cool water, and ate of the dates, and
not have me go homeward yet. What if there be another nobl
e dawn of a day he looked towards the cliffs. At the wat
ely be the statue of some sea
lood, for he could see her tresses streaming in the breeze. And as he came closer still,
ns of brass, and her head drooped either with sleep or weariness or gr
seus, for the cap of da
and looked upon the maid. Her cheeks were darker th
ir, at least, to have done any wrong. I will speak to her," and, lifting the magic hat from his head, he flashed into her sight. Sh
, while the maiden cried, "Touch me not. I am a victim for t
drawing his sword he cut through
to me, and not to these sea-
e are these sea-gods, cruel and unjust, who doom fair maids to death? Let them measure their
a. I stand here to atone for my mother's sin, for she boasted of me once that I was fairer than the Queen of the Fishes. So she in her wr
id, "A sea-monster! I have
n her heart, so proud and fair did he stand, with one
hy will you die, young as you are
ut them do I come hither to slay this monster, with that same Gorgon's head. Yet
nothing, for she could
rieked, "There he comes with the sunrise as they said.
I slay this beast you will be my wife and come back with me to my
nd Perseus laughed for joy and flew upward, w
nd. His great sides were fringed with clustering shells and seaweeds, and the water gurgled in and
ing star, down to the crests of the waves, while Andromeda hid
eus springing towards her, and instead of the monster, a
Andromeda in his arms and flew with her to the cliff-top, as a falcon carries
eople came with songs and dances to receive An
ellens, stay here with me and be my son-in-la
kingdom will I have none, for I long after the pleasant
nce, for she is to us as one alive from the dead. Stay with
ng stones and wood and build an altar to Athené, and there he offered bullocks
d him by name, and said, "Perseus, you have played the man, and see, you have your reward. Now give me the sword and the sandals, and the hat of darkn
am vanished away. Yet it was not altogether a dream, for the goat-skin with the head was in i