Seriphos

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Seriphos is a small Aegean island in Greek mythology best known as the place where Perseus was raised and later returned with the head of Medusa.

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Seriphos canonical 9

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Predicate Object
instanceOf mythological island
appearsInTradition Greek mythology
associatedWithDeity Athena
associatedWithHero Perseus
associatedWithHeroine Danaë
classicalLanguageName Σερίφος
country Greece
culturalRole setting for part of the Perseus cycle
hasFeature harbor where the chest of Danaë and Perseus was found (in myth)
hasInhabitant Danaë
Dictys
Perseus
Polydectes
knownFor being the island where Perseus returned with the head of Medusa
being the island where Perseus was raised
locatedIn Aegean Sea
mentionedBy Apollodorus
Ovid
Pausanias
modernStatus inhabited Greek island
mythologicalEvent Perseus turning Polydectes and his courtiers to stone with Medusa's head
arrival of Danaë and infant Perseus in a chest washed ashore
mythologicalTheme divine protection of heroes
punishment of tyrannical rulers
partOf Cyclades
rescuedBy Perseus (from the tyranny of Polydectes)
linked to: Perseus
ruledBy Dictys (later king in some traditions)
linked to: Dictys

King Polydectes
linked to: Polydectes

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Dictys kingdomAssociatedWith Seriphos
Dictys residence Seriphos
Danaë rescuedAt Seriphos
Polydectes placeOfDeath Seriphos
Polydectes residence Seriphos
Πολυδέκτης country Seriphos