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[[File:PerseusPainting.jpeg|thumb|250px|Perseus holding the Sword of Eden while rescuing [[Andromeda]] from [[Ketos]]]]
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==History==
==History==
Over the years multiple weapons were purported to be the one used by Perseus. A sickle called Hermes' Scythe was on display in the [[Temple of Dionysos Kolonatas]] in [[Sparta]] during the 5th century BCE alongside other relics alleged to have been a part of his story. During the [[Peloponnesian War]] a sword claimed by the Spartan [[Mercenary|''misthios'']] [[Kassandra]] after defeating [[Ligeia]], the last incarnation of the Writhing Dread, was a possible contender.<ref name="ACOd" />
Over the years, multiple weapons were purported to be the one used by Perseus. A sickle called Hermes' Scythe was on display in the [[Temple of Dionysos Kolonatas]] in [[Sparta]] during the 5th century BCE alongside other relics alleged to have been a part of his story<ref name="ACOd" />


During the 1st century BCE the apparently same [[Harpe of Perseus|blade]] was found by the [[Medjay]] and founder of the [[Hidden Ones]] [[Bayek]] of [[Siwa]].<ref name="ACO">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''</ref>
Other examples inluded the [[Harpe of Perseus (Odyssey)|one]] used by the Writhing Dread,<ref name="ACOd" /> and the [[Harpe of Perseus (Origins)|one]] sold in the [[Ptolemaic Kingdom]].<ref name="ACO">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''</ref>


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==Appearances==
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Revision as of 08:20, 6 June 2019

This article is about the Sword of Eden used by Perseus. For other uses, see Harpe of Perseus.
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Perseus holding the Sword of Eden while rescuing Andromeda from Ketos

Perseus' Sword of Eden was a Sword of Eden used by Perseus to slay the gorgon Medusa[1][2], after she had been transformed into the Writhing Dread by an artifact which later was retroactively known as Prize of the Medusa.[3]

History

Over the years, multiple weapons were purported to be the one used by Perseus. A sickle called Hermes' Scythe was on display in the Temple of Dionysos Kolonatas in Sparta during the 5th century BCE alongside other relics alleged to have been a part of his story[3]

Other examples inluded the one used by the Writhing Dread,[3] and the one sold in the Ptolemaic Kingdom.[4]

Appearances

References