Perseus was the son of Zeus and the princess Danae, daughter of the mythical king of Argos Acrisius.

According to a prophecy, Danae's child would be so strong that would kill the king of Argos- so Arcisius decided to imprison his daughter in a dungeon to prevent any man from approaching her. But Zeus, the king of the gods, had fallen so madly in love with Danae and transformed himself into a shower of golden rain and penetrated into the dungeon.

Danae and Zeus gave birth to a child and called him Perseus and Arcisius put Danae and her son in a chest of wood and threw them into the sea. The wind guided them to Seriphos where the fisherman Polydectys discovered them and offered them hospitality. Perseus was raised up secretly in he island of Seriphos and soon became a very strong and courageous man- so, time had come for Perseus to be challenged on a very dangerous feat: the feat of delivering the head of the gorgon Medusa.