Polidektes
Polidektes - in Greek mythology the ruler of the island Serifos, tyrant, brother of Dictys. Occurs in the myth of Perseus. Myth says that when she found a chest with Danae and her son Perseus on the shores of the island, he wanted to marry her. She was reluctant. In one version of the myth, she did not want to do this because of her father's son, Zeus, in another child's favor. According to another version, Perseus was growing up with his mother's marriage. In order to get rid of the inconvenient young man, he invited him to a ceremony at his palace (in one version he ruled his engagement with a woman other than Danae). All the guests except Perseus brought expensive gifts, only he was poor - came with empty hands. When the ruler began to talk about the Gorgon Medusa, the son of Zeus undertook to deliver him, condemning him to a certain death. Because, despite the departure, Danae's son still did not accept the wedding, locked her in a dungeon, or - in another vers...