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Perseus
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The winged shoes of Perseus took him high over Ethiopia. As he flew, he spied far below him the shore of the Red Sea and, bound to a rock at the very ede of the waves,
a maiden. Perseus descended and saw that she was beautiful. She told him a piteous tale. She was Andromeda, daughter of the rulers of the country, Cepheus and his wife
Cassiopeia. On the advice of an oracle, Cepheus has set his daughter by the shore to serve as a sacrifice to a Sea Serpent that was ravaging
his kingdom. In an instant, Perseus sped to the king and said he would slay the dragon in return for the hand of Andromeda. The king agreed to this. By the time Perseus returned
to the place where he had left Andromeda, the beast had appeared. Screaming, it broke the surface of the water and cut through the foaming sea toward the maiden. With a stamp of his
winged feet, Perseus rose into the air, hovered above the dragon's back and attacked it with a sword. The sea dragon lunged at him, but Perseus darted and stabbed like a wasp, always out
of reach. The sword began to penetrate the thick hide here and there, and blood stained the water. At last the dragon heved an awful sigh and sank beneath the waves. Perseus took Andromeda
for his own that day.
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