ABSTRACT
After his adventures in Seriphos and the wider world beyond, Perseus wanted nothing more than to settle down in his ancestral homeland. So he sailed for Argos with his wife and mother, hoping to be reunited with his grandfather on his arrival. Akrisios heard that he was coming, however, and fled to Larisa in Thessaly, fearing that Perseus might kill him as the oracle had predicted if they should ever meet. When Perseus learned of this, he entrusted his wife and mother to his grandmother Eurydike and set off for Thessaly to convince his grandfather that he intended him no harm. While the two of them were still in Larisa, however, Teutamides, the king of the city, held some funeral games in honour of his father, and Perseus took the opportunity to demonstrate his skill with the discus (which was supposed to have been invented by him); and while making one of his throws, he accidentally struck his grandfather on the foot, inflicting a fatal wound on him.106 Or in another version, he encountered his grandfather at Larisa by chance when he came to compete in the games.107 The oracle was fulfilled as a result of this sporting accident in any case, and Akrisios was buried just outside Larisa, where his heroic shrine could be seen in historical times.108
