What cruel men have bound you?
But first I will set you free.' And he tore at the fetters, but they were too strong for him; while the maiden cried-- 'Touch me not; I am accursed, devoted as a victim to the sea-Gods.

They will slay you, if you dare to set me free.' 'Let them try,' said Perseus; and drawing, Herpe from his thigh, he cut through the brass as if it had been flax.
'Now,' he said, 'you belong to me, and not to these sea-Gods, whosoever they may be!' But she only called the more on her mother.
'Why call on your mother?
She can be no mother to have left you here.
If a bird is dropped out of the nest, it belongs to the man who picks it up.

If a jewel is cast by the wayside, it is his who dare win it and wear it, as I will win you and will wear you.

I know now why Pallas Athene sent me hither.

She sent me to gain a prize worth all my toil and more.' And he clasped her in his arms, and cried, 'Where are these sea-Gods, cruel and unjust, who doom fair maids to death?
I carry the weapons of Immortals.