Clash of the Titans Page #4

One of you has it! Give it to me!

The sands of time

run like quicksilver.

We'll be across these mountains

tomorrow, near the Isle of the Dead.

And then, Medusa.

I wrote a play about her long ago.

I was partial to tragedy in my youth.

Before experience taught me

that life is quite tragic enough...

- ...without my writing about it.

- Medusa.

- She was priestess to Aphrodite.

- Yes, and a most beautiful woman...

...by all accounts.

She was seduced by Poseidon. They

made love in the temple of Aphrodite.

And that goddess was so jealous

that she punished Medusa.

She transformed her into

an apparition so horrible...

...that one look from her

will turn any living creature...

...into stone.

I'm so afraid for you.

It must be done.

We've no other choice.

- Tomorrow you return to the city.

- No, I'm coming with you.

Then sleep now. We ride at dawn.

So little time together.

So little time.

Shh.

Sleep now. Sleep.

The river Styx.

The River of Death...

...has strange powers.

So I've heard.

Time to see if the legend is true.

Here. You'll need this.

For Charon. The ferryman.

Remember, one look from her

is enough.

If you must see her, use the inside

of your shield as a mirror.

Her reflection cannot harm you.

Never look her in the face.

Remember, now it's three against one.

Guard well this shield...

...for one day it will

guard your life.

Find and fulfill your destiny.

Ah!

Perseus!

Thallo!

Huh?

Hello, my wet friend.

No.

No, our task is not complete.

If you can fly....

Good.

And if he's still alive...

...you must try to find Pegasus.

Great Zeus, below on Earth

it is now the eve...

...of the longest day.

Very well.

Release the Kraken.

Perseus has won.

My son...

...has triumphed.

- A fortunate young man.

- Fortune is ally to the brave.

What a dangerous precedent.

What if one day there were other

heroes like him?

What if courage and imagination

became everyday mortal qualities?

We would no longer be needed.

But for the moment, there is sufficient

cowardice, sloth...

...and mendacity down there on Earth

to last forever.

I forbid any revenge

against Perseus.

He has done well.

He will be rewarded.

This will make a fine heroic poem,

you know.

Or perhaps a play.

Oh, don't worry.

I won't leave you out.

Perseus and Andromeda

will be happy together.

Have fine sons...

...rule wisely...

...and to perpetuate the story

of his courage...

...I command that from henceforth...

...he will be set among the stars

and constellations.

He, Perseus, the lovely Andromeda...

...the noble Pegasus

and even the vain Cassiopeia.

Let the stars be named

after them forever.

As long as man shall walk the Earth

and search the night sky in wonder...

...they will remember the courage

of Perseus...

...forever.

Even if we, the gods,

are abandoned or forgotten...

...the stars will never fade.

Never.

They will burn till the end of time.

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