Perseus

Reading notes

• The Loves §3.6 Danae's son

  Perseus, who flew on winged sandals after slaying the snake-haired Medusa.

• The Loves §3.12 son of Abas

  Perseus, here borne on a winged horse — one of the marvels poets invent.

• The Art of Love §1.2 Perseus

  Hero who slew Medusa and won Andromeda; said to have carried her off from distant lands.

• The Art of Love §2.29 moving feather on his two feet

  Perseus, who wore winged sandals; he never cast Andromeda's dark color in her teeth.

• The Heroides §15 Perseus

  The hero who won and loved the dark Andromeda.

• The Heroides §18 Perseus

  Hero who loved Andromeda, now a constellation; Leander declines such star-loves as guides.

• Metamorphoses §4.89 Perseus

  Son of Jupiter and Danae, hero of the rest of the book: slayer of Medusa, of the sea-monster, and bridegroom of Andromeda.

• Sorrows §3.8 Perseus

  The winged hero, one of the figures whose wings Ovid wishes he had to fly back to Rome.