At last he rose and called to all people aloud and said, "The gods are
true: what they have ordained must be; I am Perseus the grandson
of this dead man." Then he told them how a prophet had said that he
should kill his grandfather.

So they made great mourning for the old King, and burnt him on a right
rich pile.

And Perseus went to the temple and was purified from the guilt of his
death, because he had done it unknowingly.

Then he went home and reigned well with Andromeda, and they had four
sons and three daughters.

And when they died, the ancients say that Athené took them up to the
sky. All night long Perseus and Andromeda shine as a beacon for
wandering sailors, but all day long they feast with the gods, on the
still blue peaks in the home of the Immortals.




ODYSSEUS

ADAPTED BY JEANIE LANG




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