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	Polydectes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Polydectes fell in love with Danae when she and her son Perseus were saved by his brother Dictys (see: Acrisius).
		Polydectes went under the pretence that he was going to marry Hippodamia, a princess from another land and ordered every man in Seriphos to supply him with suitable gifts.
		Polydectes was surprised that the hero was still alive and refused to believe Perseua had accomplished the deed he was set out to do.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Polydectes (323 words)

	Polydectes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In Greek mythology, King Polydectes of Seriphos was the brother of Dictys.
		Polydectes fell in love with Danae, and so wanted to get Perseus, her son, out of the picture.
		Polydectes placed some strong hints that he would love to have the head of Medusa, one of the Gorgons whose faces turn people to stone.
	bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/p/po/polydectes.html (147 words)

	Perseus
		The two were taken in by Polydectes, the king of Seriphus.
		Polydectes later conceived a passion for Danae, but was unable to force his attentions on her because Perseus had grown into a redoubtable protector.
		To get rid of Perseus, Polydectes sent him on a quest to bring back the head of the Gorgon Medusa, a snake-haired maiden who turned all who saw her into stone.
	www.pantheon.org /articles/p/perseus.html (439 words)

	Perseus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		They washed ashore on the island of Seriphos, where they were taken in by the fisherman Dictys, who raised the boy to manhood.
		The brother of Dictys was Polydectes, the king of the island.
		Polydectes announced a banquet wherein each guest would be expected to bring him a horse, that he might woo Hippodamia, "tamer of horses".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Perseus_(mythology) (2160 words)

	Danae, Greek Mythology Link.
		In order to find a remedy to this annoying circumstance, Polydectes 1 sent Perseus 1 to fetch the head of Medusa 1, hoping to take care of Danae while her son was away.
		They say that when Acrisius discovered that the exiles were staying at Polydectes 1's court, he came to the island, and that then Polydectes 1 interceded for them, making Perseus 1 swear an oath to his grandfather that he would never kill him.
		King Polydectes 1 of Seriphos was son of Magnes 1 and a Naiad.
	homepage.mac.com /cparada/GML/Danae.html (1335 words)

	Perseus 1, Greek Mythology Link.
		Polydectes 1, who colonized Seriphus where he became king, fell in love with Danae but could not be with her because of Perseus 1.
		And since a good method to get rid of unconfortable persons is to give them a dangerous assignment far away, Polydectes 1 sent young Perseus 1 to fetch and bring back the head of Medusa 1, and so Perseus 1 departed under the guidance of Hermes and Athena.
		At his arrival, Polydectes 1 interceded for them, and Perseus 1 was made to swear that he would never kill his grandfather.
	homepage.mac.com /cparada/GML/Perseus1.html (1634 words)

	Perseus Homework Page
		Polydectes, the ruler of the small island (and Dictys' brother) fell in love with her.
		Polydectes talked to Perseus and told him that there was nothing that he rather have than one of their heads.
		Polydectes, who colonized Seriphus and there became king, fell in love with Danae but could not be with her because of Perseus.
	www.thanasis.com /perseus.htm (2716 words)

	Perseus
		The subjects of King Polydectes were asked to contribute to the collection of a herd of horses, to be presented as a wedding present.
		Polydectes was certain that the young Perseus would never return and the way would be open to have the mother Danae.
		Polydectes the king could not imagine that Perseus would survive the encounter with Medusa, but if Perseus succeeded, the head of Medusa would be a powerful weapon.
	domeofthesky.com /clicks/per.html (851 words)

	Perseus
		Polydectes wanted to marry her, but did not want or like her son, Perseus.
		Polydectes falsely announcing his plan to marry a daughter of Oenomaüs, Hippodameia, and each guest had given a gift to the king.
		Polydectes couldn't believe his good fortune of getting rid of the youth, asked for the head of the Gorgon Medusa, knowing that the youth could never possibly return home alive.
	www.timelessmyths.com /classical/perseus.html (2013 words)

	Latin 1 - Mythology - Fables - Heroes - Perseus
		Polydectes told Perseus that he would really like to have the head of one of the Gorgons, who lived on a neighboring island and were known for their terrible characteristics.
		Polydectes knew Perseus would do this, and he hoped that Perseus would see a Gorgon, and turn to stone.
		Polydectes was having a banquet in his palace.
	www.dl.ket.org /latin1/mythology/3fables/heroes/perseus.htm (907 words)

	Greek Mythology Hero Perseus
		Polydectes would have married Danae by force if Perseus wasn't there to protect her.
		Polydectes pretended to be marrying a daughter of a friend of his.
		Polydectes pretended to be furious when Perseus arrived empty-handed, for he was not only very strong and brave but very poor.
	edweb.sdsu.edu /people/bdodge/scaffold/GG/perseus.html (1078 words)

	Encyclopedia of Greek Mythology: Polydectes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Perseus accuses Polydectes of amorous intentions towards his mother.
		Polydectes had amorous intentions toward Perseus's mother, which the hero hoped to thwart by engaging in the quest.
		When he succeeded and returned to Seriphos with Medusa's head, he used it to turn Polydectes to stone.
	www.mythweb.com /encyc/gallery/polydectes_c.html (54 words)

	Polydectes: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Polydectes fell in love with Danae In greek mythology, danae (greek:, "parched") was a daughter of king acrisius of argos and eurydice (no relation to orpheus eurydice)....
		Perseus had been raised by Polydectes' brother, Dictys, after Danae's father, King Acrisius Acrisius was a mythical king of argos, and a son of abas and ocalea....
		Polydectes placed some strong hints that he would love to have the head of Medusa One of two forms that coelenterates take: is the free-swimming sexual stage in the life cycle of a coelenterate and has a gelatinous umbrella-shaped body and tentacles
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /p/polydectes (346 words)

	Perseus 1, Greek Mythology Link.
		When her father afterwards learned that she had got a child, he would not believe that she had been seduced by Zeus, and putting her with the child in a chest, he cast it into the sea.
		However, mother and child did not perish; for the chest was washed ashore on the island of Seriphus, which is one of the islands called Cyclades, where Polydectes 1 was king.
		And once again, remembering his weapon, he entered the palace and showed the king and his friends the head of Medusa 1, and all who saw it were instantly turned into stone.
	www.maicar.com /GML/Perseus1.html (1634 words)

	Sheffield Theatres Education Resource (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Polydectes knew that he would have to get Perseus out of the way if he was to marry Danae.
		Polydectes asked for this gift certain that Perseus would be killed before he was able to cut off Medusa’s head, and he would be then be able to marry Danae.
		Polydectes was unhappy to see Perseus’; return and doubted that he had in fact completed his quest, demanded to see Medusa’s head as proof that he had indeed completed the quest.
	sheffieldtheatres.co.uk /education/productions/eyecatcher/themyth.shtml (1101 words)

	Perseus (mythology)
		They washed ashore on the island of Seriphos[?], where they were taken in by Dictys, the brother of king Polydectes, who raised the boy to manhood.
		Polydectes placed some strong hints that he would love to have the head of Medusa, one of the gorgons whose very expression turns people to stone.
		And on returning to Argos and discovering his mother had had to take refuge from the violent ways of Polydectes, he killed him, and made Dictys king.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/pe/Perseus_(mythology).html (756 words)

	edonnelly.com - Latin Resources
		On reaching manhood, Perseus was sent by Polydectes to fetch the head of Medusa, one of the Gorgons.
		At length he returned to Seriphos, and turned Polydectes to stone by showing him the Gorgon's head; he then went to the court of Acrisius, who fled in terror at the news of his grandson's return.
		Polydectes magno timore adfectus est et fugere volebat.
	www.edonnelly.com /latin/fabulae01.html (2215 words)

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		Polydectes might have taken her by force, but by this time, Perseus had become a formidable young man. Perhaps afraid of opposing Perseus, Polydectes pretended to accept Danae's rejection with good grace.
		Polydectes arranged for a banquet in which each invited guest must traditionally bring a present for the intended bride.
		Polydectes demanded that each of his subjects bring a horse as a contribution.
	www.wsu.edu /~hughesc/perseus.html (2364 words)

	Perseus and Medusa
		Though Polydectes asked her to be his bride numerous times over the years Danaë always refused.
		Under the pretense of asking for her hand in marriage Polydectes asked that all his subjects donate horses as a bridal gift.
		Polydectes happily accepted the young man's offer, as he knew that no one ever returned alive after an encounter with the Gorgon sisters.
	www.geocities.com /medea19777/perseus.html (1465 words)

	Perseus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Polydectes would have married her by force if Perseus wasn't there to protect her.
		Polydectes had a plan to get rid of Perseus by pretending to marry one of his friends.
		Then Perseus and Andromeda lived happily for many years and of course the descendants became great kings, but the greatest was Hercules the strongest man in the world.
	jjhs.freeservers.com /greekmythology/Heroes/Perseus.htm (1186 words)

	Bodenheimer Gallery - Danaë
		Polydectes wanted Danaë; as his wife, but she continually refused him, and as Perseus grew into manhood, any chance of forcing Danaë; into marriage became less likely.
		Then Polydectes had the idea to trick Perseus, and he told him that he was going to marry a foreign princess, and asked all his nobles for each of them to donate a horse to pay the price of the bride.
		And he did want that, thinking he’d send Perseus to his doom, because Medusa was so ugly, with her hair made of snakes, that one glance was enough to turn a person to stone.
	www.bodenheimer.com /qw033danae.htm (650 words)

	1, A Wonder-Book, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1852
		This fisherman, I am glad to tell you, was an exceedingly humane and upright man. He showed great kindness to Danaë; and her little boy; and continued to befriend them, until Perseus had grown to be a handsome youth, very strong and active, and skilful in the use of arms.
		Long before this time, King Polydectes had seen the two strangers--the mother and her child--who had come to his dominions in a floating chest.
		Polydectes was by no means rejoiced to see him; for he had felt almost certain, in his own evil mind, that the Gorgons would have torn the poor young man to pieces, and have eaten him up, out of the way.
	www.eldritchpress.org /nh/wb1b.html (7729 words)

	Dictys - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In Greek mythology, Dictys was a fisherman and brother of King Polydectes of Seriphos.
		He discovered Danae and Perseus inside a chest that had washed up on shore.
		After Perseus killed Medusa, rescued Andromeda, and later killed Polydectes by showing him Medusa's head, he made Dictys king.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dictys (105 words)

	Complete Translation of Perseus
		Of this island, Polydectes [pah leh DEK teez] was at that time the king.
		But Polydectes greatly loved Danae and he wanted to marry her [to lead her into marriage].
		Danae had fled there because she was afraid of Polydectes.
	www.languages.uncc.edu /dagrote/courses/latn/perseus/translations/pr_tr_all.htm (1305 words)

	RockyB Character Bio and the Polydectes
		In the weeks of fl depression that followed RockyB christened his new ship the Polydectes, after the Grecian king who was turned to stone by the Gorgon’s head he had so lusted after.
		Named in a fit of pique by her captin, RockyB, the Polydectes is a training ship, intended to give new recruits into the faction an orientation before being thrust fully into the hustle and bustle of faction life.
		All new recruits are to be assigned to Polydectes for training, except of course for those whose loyalties are already inextricably tied to other hovercraft crews.
	www.shock-therapy.org /polydrockyb.htm (641 words)

	Perseus
		The fisherman was the brother of king of Seriphos, Polydectes.
		Polydectes fell in love with Danae, but she rejected his advances.
		When his triumph became known, he was invited to the city of Larissa to participate to funeral games in honor of the king of that city.
	www.windows.ucar.edu /tour/link=/mythology/perseus.html&edu=high (328 words)

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		As a child, Perseus was feared by many people especially Acrisius (king of Argos and Danae's father), and therefore Perseus was locked up in a chest and cast into sea along with his mother.
		Brought to the island of Seriphus, where Perseus became a man, Polydectes, the king of Seriphus, fell in love with Danae.
		Polydectes sent Perseus to collect the head of Medusa, thinking it was an impossible challenge.
	www.ecfs.org /projects/haydenpoetry/GBand2005/Pierre/index2.html (1353 words)

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