Perseus!

Perseus, in Greek mythology, is the son of Zeus and Danaë. His grandfather, Acrisius, had been warned by an oracle that his grandson would kill him and therefore put Perseus and his mother in a chest and threw it into the sea. It drifted to Seriphus, where they were found by Dictys.  Dictys’ kindness and longing for a child made him take Danaë and Perseus under his and his wife’s care.  Through time, Danaë and Perseus were not being noticed by Dictys’ brother, King Polydectes. But because of Danaë’s flawless beauty they were soon noticed. After a time Polydectes fell in love with Danaë but was embarrassed by the presence of her full-grown son. Knowing that Danaë was soon to be engaged to Polydectes, Polydectes talked to Perseus about having the Gorgons head as the greatest gift ever he could have in the world. Polydectes threw a party for his engagement to Danaë inviting all the men in his island except for Perseus thus making Perseus feel isolated. Feeling an outcast, Perseus stormed in during a gathering and claimed that he can and will go to the gorgon and behead one of the sisters as a gift to Polydectes. The gods, however, loved Perseus. Hermes gave him a curved sword and winged sandals, Athena a mirrorlike shield, and Hades a helmet that made Perseus invisible. Thus armed, Perseus slew Medusa. On his way home Perseus rescued Andromeda from a sea monster and married her. When he arrived in Seriphus, he found out that Dictys’s wife was killed and Perseus mother, Danaë, and Dictys was soon to be killed by the king because of the kings anger to Danaë for breaking up with him. Danaë and Dictys went to some island to hide.  Because of this news, Perseus went to one of Polydectes gathering and killed everyone there turning them into stone using the gorgons head.  Then went finding his mother and Dictys, as soon as he found them he then gave the Medusa head to Athena. He went with his mother and his wife to Argos. There, while competing in a discus contest, Perseus accidentally killed his grandfather. Thus the prophecy was fulfilled. Perseus was the father of Electryon, who was the grandfather of Hercules. The famous figure of Perseus by Benvenuto Cellini stands in the Loggia dei Lanzi in Florence.