0 comments/ 6341 views/ 0 favorites Greek Myths: Perseus By: SweetPrettyAss The people who recount the myth of Perseus and Medusa get a large part of it wrong, which was to be expected, because the story was repeated mostly by itinerant story-tellers, who were not above embellishing some of the details. Besides that circumstance, once he became a legendary hero and a king, it seemed not quite right to include all the true facts in the story. He was born out of wedlock to Princess Danae, the daughter of King Acrisius; that much is correct. One of the king's advisors told the monarch that the boy would kill him some day, so he banished mother and son, thereby earning the everlasting enmity of the little bastard. This is all common knowledge but the most important fact, one that has almost been lost to posterity, is that Perseus was gay and I don't mean he swung both ways or even that he was just a little gay. During my childhood, I sometimes heard gay men described as being "Queer as a three dollar bill." If somebody back then had applied a similar description to Perseus, he would have been described as being "Queer as a six dollar bill," which, of course, would be twice as queer as a three dollar bill. During my childhood, I was brought up as a proper young lady, so I have never spoken or written the expression, not even as a teenager, because I don't like using slurs such as that, but I used to hear or read it now and then. At the time, his sexual orientation was known to all, but later story tellers chose to omit it from their tales of him. His gayness was so well known during his youth, his name was sometimes used in referring to a gay man. It still is although the user of the name probably doesn't know the source of the term, and it has been Anglicized to "Percy." He did slay the Gorgon Medusa. That much is true, and the weapon he used to dispatch her – his sword – and that he chopped off her head are also correct and he brought that beautiful head to King Polydectes, as promised, ostensibly as a wedding present. What is not true is that he looked at her reflection in his shield, which was polished as a mirror, rather than straight at Medusa and thereby was able to nullify her power. In fact, he looked right into the face of the Gorgon and had no problems doing so. He was immune to her beauty, even though it was so incredible it could mesmerize any straight man, rendering her victim unable to fight or flee or do anything else. Many centuries later, Al Capp copied this concept in his literary invention of Stupefyin' Jones. The cartoonist even drew the character with long, black tresses, much like the hair of Medusa. Some have claimed the Gorgon's hair was a nest of snakes, thereby making her even more frightening, but these people are doing neither more nor less than trying to rewrite history. The so-called snakes were no more than ringlets of hair. One support the story-tellers had for their tale of looking at Medusa through a mirror was that his shield really was polished so well as to let him see his face in it. Besides being gay, Perseus was also vain, and he used his mirror-shield to primp and preen and apply his makeup. He also liked to be able to see his face whenever he wanted, so he propped it beside his sleeping pallet and looked at himself the first thing every morning. Perseus had a great many difficulties finding the lair of Medusa but he was helped in this quest by some who, for reasons of their own, also wanted to eliminate her. When he finally faced his quarry, she overconfidently expected to enchant him with her beauty and kill him at her leisure. Imagine her surprise when her charms were ignored! Too late she tried to take defensive action but Perseus's sword was swift and sure and he slew her with a single stroke. After cutting off her head, he started back to deliver the prize to King Polydectes. The journey back was also arduous and he had to fight his way there but he was a mighty warrior and able to prevail. The most memorable and important adventure was the rescue of Princess Andromeda, who was chained to a rock, left there to be eaten by a sea monster. Perseus had other plans involving the young woman and he killed the monster with the same sword as he had used to slay the Gorgon. During his travels to and from the lair of Medusa, he had become ambitious and hoped to overthrow one of the petty kings of the time. As a gay man, he would not have been able to gather a following so he intended to go back into the closet. One sure way to help convince people he had become straight was to marry a beautiful woman, such as Andromeda and, with that goal in mind, he returned the damsel to her father, King Cepheus of Phoenicia. When Perseus asked for Andromeda's hand in marriage Cepheus was glad to agree. So Perseus - with Andromeda in his arms – set off in the direction of the kingdom of Polydectus. However, on the way they stopped at Larisa, among other places, so Perseus could compete in some games and earn prize money to finance his still rather nebulous plans. During the course of the competition, he threw a discus which hit and killed an old man in the stands. It was King Acrisius, so the prophecy came true. After mourning the man who was, after all, his grandfather, Perseus resumed his journey with Andromeda, competing in and winning many more athletic competitions and amassing a substantial fortune. When they arrived at their destination, Perseus learned the king had not really gotten married. This had been a trick, intended to send the young man on a suicide mission so Polydectus could have his way with Danae. When he learned this, Perseus was so infuriated he decided to put his plan into motion and that the king he would overthrow would be the man who had tried to get him killed and, he discovered, had been abusing his mother. He first had to gather followers. Most fighting men would not have followed even as mighty a warrior as Perseus if he had been known to be gay but everybody reasoned a man with a wife as gorgeous as Andromeda must be straight. With this deceit and the fortune he had accumulated winning athletic events while returning, he was able to surreptitiously recruit a band, small in number but all skilled in battle, and launch his attack on his enemy. They assaulted the royal palace, attacking through all the doors and Perseus and his elite band of warriors quickly slew Polydectes, his courtiers and all members of the palace guard who did not surrender. After the short but bloody battle, the victor declared himself king and nobody there or anywhere else in the kingdom questioned his new status. Led by his father, Cepheus, the king of Phoenicia, the other monarchs in the area also recognized the new ruler. Perseus was still gay, of course, and had no sexual interest in Andromeda. This could have been a problem because it might have meant he would not produce an heir to his throne. The problem was solved when he prevailed upon his most trusted associate to bed the lady periodically until she became pregnant. This ruse worked perfectly and all the citizens of the realm hailed this proof their king was gay no longer. It also enabled him to remain as king for many years until he abdicated in favor of the oldest of his stepsons. Greek Myths: Perseus and Andromeda Author's Note: This story contains some Non-Human sex with reluctance/non-consent elements as well as consensual Male/Female sex. Enjoy! -------------------------------------------------- In a far away country, there lived a King named Cepheus and a Queen named Cassiopeia. It was well known that the Queen was a beauty beyond reckoning, but she was silly or vain enough to compare her mortal beauty to that of the sea nymphs. Indignant that a mortal would be so bold, the sea nymphs turned vindictive, setting a vicious sea monster to ravaging the shore line. Reports came back of ships plundered, beauties raped, men mortally injured... moral was low for all those who set against the monster were brutalized in some way. The King and Queen appealed to the Gods, begging for deliverance, but the sea nymphs demanded a sacrifice. Their only daughter, even more radiant than her mother, the beautiful Andromeda was to be chained to the rocks on the shoreline, a sacrifice to the monster. Only then would they allow it to return to the sea, leaving the country safe once again. **************************** Andromeda was beautiful, chained naked to the cliff. There was no hope for her, and her father and mother left her there, unable to watch what might happen to their daughter. They had no idea what the sea monster would do to her and they could not bear to find out. She stood there alone, the sea splashing on her bare body, frightened and wide-eyed, watching every movement of the waves. Suddenly, something started to emerge from the waves, it was large and brown, almost like a sea lion but also having a kind of humanoid type shape. Large brown eyes, and a fishy mouth... it had tentacles instead of hands, and at the juncture of its 'legs' were two stubby looking tentacles, thick and long, although not nearly as long as the other tentacles. Andromeda shrieked as it came at her, a strange look in its eyes... and then moaned as it reached her and wrapped it tentacles around her. She didn't know what to do and she was afraid. "Your mother has insulted the sea, and so the sea shall take you," the thing hissed. It smelled of deep brine and salt, its touch cool on her body. A tongue slithered out to lap at her salty tears as they fell from her beautiful eyes. Then, tentacles wrapped around her breasts, little suckers attaching themselves to her nipples. Andromeda cried out with confusion... she had thought the beast would kill her or eat her... but she was feeling incredible pleasure! Her nipples swelled and hardened, sending a message to her pussy... "Stop! Please stop!" The virgin Princess cried, not knowing what to do with these strange feelings that were rippling through her body. Her wrists pulled against the chains binding her to the cliff with no avail, her body was completely vulnerable and helpless. The creatures brown eyes watched her as it used its tentacles to pull her legs around its body, the two stubby lengths at its groin finding her pussy and ass. Andromeda shuddered as pleasure rippled through her, her breasts played with and something teasing her extremities... Then the sea monster began to enter her, and her mouth gaped open. It hurt, but in a kind of pleasurable way that she'd never expected... her nipples felt swollen under the tentacles, and her groin was slowly filling... another tentacle reached between her body and the sea monster's to find her clit and attach a sucker to it. Andromeda began to shudder with discomfort and incredible pleasure as the sea monster began to slowly move in and out of her body, careful not to hurt her too much. The creature shuddered with pleasure as it used her body, pulling and thrusting. Although Andromeda wanted to resist, there wasn't anything that she could do to really fight back, and she felt herself falling into a vortex of pleasure and ecstacy. The creature moved more firmly, its tentacles behind her body keeping her from being harmed against the rocks. She moaned and writhed in its embrace, her ecstacy climbing higher and higher. Then she shook and writhed as she came, pleasure spreading through her body and shocking her with its intensity. All throughout her orgasm, the creature kept pumping, its suckers working over time on her nipples and clit. Inside her, the stubby tentacles seemed to grow, both wider and longer, stretching out her pussy and ass. Andromeda groaned with pleasure, humping back against the creature as it continued to fuck her. Her body began to work up to a higher and more powerful orgasm. As she climaxed for the second time, she screamed her ecstacy out to the skies. ******************************** Perseus, flying home with the head of Medusa in his bag, heard the ecstatic screams from far off, and as he came closer heard them become more exhausted and almost pain-filled. The orgasmic shrieks of a woman who can't take much more pleasure. Swooping low, he saw the beautiful Princess in the arms of her Sea Monster lover... the way her skin shone with sweat and the exhausted if ecstatic look on her face, and the time that he'd been hearing her cries told him that this had been going on for awhile. The monster was literally going to pleasure her to death. But Perseus could see that she was chained there, rather than being there by choice, and her beauty (not the mention her eroticism) called to him. Brandishing his sword, he yelled a war cry and the winged sandals of Hermes took him low towards the monster. The monster heard him coming and released the Princess, she sank into an exhausted faint, barely conscious. She held onto herself barely enough to watch the battle as Perseus forced the monster away from her. It fled to the sea, not wanting to face the wrath of Zeus if it battled his son. Perseus used his sword to break Andromeda's chains and took her in his arms, his sandals carrying both of them away from the sea and to safety. He found a clear running stream where he bathed her in the fresh water, getting rid of the smell of salt and the sea. Andromeda was too exhausted to know what was really going on, but as he lay her down next to him she snuggled into his arms. Holding the beautiful naked Princess, Perseus guarded her throughout the night. ********************************** When Andromeda awoke, she thanked her savior, blushing at her nakedness although he obviously admired her body. They shared their stories, and Perseus found himself feeling very protective of her. "The sea had its chance," he said, "It shall not take you. I will, come with me and be my wife." Andromeda's eyes lit up, that this handsome man would want to marry her despite seeing her humiliation... it wiped away the last of her despair. For, although the sea monster had not succeeded in killing her, what man would want to marry a woman that had been raped by a sea monster? And enjoyed it? But Perseus knew the ways of the Gods, and he knew that Poseidon would have seen to it that Andromeda would be ruined either way. But she was beautiful, brave and kind and he'd fallen in love with her, both by sight and by her story. "I would love to," she said, her heart already belonged to her savior. Perseus leaned forward and kissed her, deeply. Andromeda responded with passion, now that she knew the pleasures that a man and woman could have together, she wanted to give her savior and soon to be husband pleasure as well. He cupped her breasts as she began to pull of his clothes, tugging at his root with one hand. Perseus groaned into her mouth, aroused by her eagerness and her body. His mouth found her nipples, sucking on them, and she gasped as the buds hardened in his mouth and he nibbled. Exploring his body with her hands, she found that she liked being able to touch him, finding spots that made him gasp and quiver at her touch. They explored each other, stirring desire and passion, until finally Perseus laid her down on the soft ground, his mouth finding hers as he pressed between her legs. Andromeda gasped and spread her thighs for him, feeling him nudge against her slit, warm and firm. They both groaned as he began to enter her, consummating and confirming their union. He moved strongly inside her, taking her and making her his... they moved together in harmony, hands still moving over each other's skin and in each other's hair. Then he took her wrists in his hands, spreading them wide away from her body, the way they had been held by the chains. Andromeda cried out and writhed beneath him in pleasure as he held her down, her legs wrapping around his body in remembered pleasure and vulnerability. It aroused both of them to a fever pitch, and Perseus thrust and kissed her deeply, taking her body with firm but gentle strokes. Thrashing beneath him, Andromeda cried out as she climaxed, her sheathe rippling around him in ecstacy. Perseus groaned and released her wrists, holding her close to him as he thrust and began to release inside of her. For the first time Andromeda felt seed entering her body, warm and liquid, and she shuddered with the pleasure of it. They lay in the clearing, kissing and nuzzling for quite awhile. Then Perseus smiled and kissed her one last time, pulling away from her and helping her to her feet, "Come, let's go make our vows, my wife." Princess Andromeda left her old life behind without a backward glance, happy with her future as the wife of the great hero Perseus.