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anguage Arts 9 A
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Heroic Characteristics in "Perseus"
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Read the excerpt from "Perseus."
Fate willed it or perhaps Zeus, who up to now had done
little for his love and his child-that they should be
discovered by a good man, a fisherman named Dictys.
He came upon the great box and broke it open and took
the pitiful cargo home to his wife who was as kind as he.
They had no children and they cared for Danae and
Perseus as if they were their own.
TIME REMAINING
48:25
What aspect of Greek life does the excerpt show?
O that families lived with grandparents
O that people made a living by fishing
O that people performed religious rituals
O that men were able to marry two wives
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