Clash of the Titans [Paperback] -

Alan Dean Foster

Warner Books / TBS / Grand Central Publishing

1981

304 páginas

10h 8m

ISBN-10: 0446966754

Retells the story of Perseus and how he killed the Medusa and saved Andromeda from the Kraken, a huge sea monster!

Clash of the Titans (1981) '-' A film adaption of the myth of Perseus and his quest to battle both Medusa and the Kraken monster to save the Princess Andromeda. (...) King Acrisius of Argos (Donald Houston) locks his daughter Danaë (Vida Taylor) away from mortal men to avoid a prophecy that he would die if his daughter had a son. While she is imprisoned, the god Zeus (Laurence Olivier) impregnates her. After discovering the pregnancy, Acrisius casts his daughter and her newborn son Perseus out to sea in a wooden coffin, hoping to kill both and avoid his fate. In retribution, Zeus not only kills Acrisius, but also orders the god of the sea, Poseidon (Jack Gwillim), to release an ancient monster known as the Kraken to destroy Argos, fulfilling the prophecy. Meanwhile, Danaë and Perseus safely float to the island of Seriphos...