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53-479: Harry Robinson Hamlin (born October 30, 1951) is an American actor, author, and entrepreneur. He is best known for his roles as Perseus in the 1981 fantasy film Clash of the Titans , a role he reprised in 2007's Santa Monica Studio video game God of War II , and as Michael Kuzak in the legal drama series L.A. Law , for which he received three Golden Globe nominations. For his recurring role as Jim Cutler on

106-609: A 2013 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for his appearance in "A Tale of Two Cities". In 2016, Hamlin was cast in the Epix comedy Graves starring Nick Nolte , and in 2017, Hamlin was cast as Addison Hayes, a mysterious and powerful mastermind whose agenda collides with Swagger, in the USA Network show Shooter . In 2022, Hamlin was cast as Cortland Mayfair in AMC's Mayfair Witches , based on

159-602: A dissimilation from the -th- in pérthein , which the Greeks would have preferred from a putative *phérthein . Graves carries the meaning still further, to the Perse- in Persephone , goddess of death. Ventris & Chadwick speculate about a Mycenaean goddess pe-re-*82 ( Linear B : 𐀟𐀩𐁚 ), attested on tablet PY Tn 316, and tentatively reconstructed as *Preswa . A Greek folk etymology connected Perseus to

212-615: A Rocket Scientist To Be a Futurist!" Hamlin was also a board member of Advanced Physics Corporation. Hamlin was president and CEO of the Belle Gray women's clothing boutiques in Los Angeles. Hamlin launched The Lisa Rinna Collection with Lisa Rinna for QVC in 2012. Hamlin is also on the board of governors of the National Space Society . Hamlin was in a relationship with actress Ursula Andress after meeting on

265-486: A film actor. ( ISBN   1-4391-6999-3 ) Hamlin is an advocate for fusion power and was an angel investor and co-founder of TAE Technologies , formerly known as Tri Alpha Energy. TAE Technologies states that it is in the final stages of the research and development of a clean, non-radioactive fusion power generator. Hamlin delivered a talk on fusion at the TEDX LA conference in 2016 entitled, "You Don't Have To Be

318-783: A private boarding school in Pottstown, Pennsylvania , where he played soccer and lacrosse and acted in the school's musicals and plays. He also attended classes at the Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts . Hamlin attended University of California, Berkeley , and is an alumnus of the Theta Zeta chapter of the national fraternity Delta Kappa Epsilon , of which he was president in 1972. Hamlin graduated from Yale University in 1974 with dual Bachelor of Arts degrees in drama and psychology . He then attended

371-472: A turbulent relationship with him. Hamlin's character states that he (like the real-life Hamlin) was People magazine's 'Sexiest Man Alive' in 1987. Aaron's wife, Lynn, was played by Hamlin's real-life wife, Lisa Rinna . Hamlin appeared beginning in the sixth episode of the first season , " Return of the Kane ", and made his last appearance in the second season finale, "Not Pictured". In 2006, Hamlin took part in

424-470: Is also connected to Ares , Oenopion , Eurystheus , and others. Zeus came to her in the form of a shower of gold, and fathered her child. Soon after, their child, a son, was born; Perseus-"Perseus Eurymedon, for his mother gave him this name as well". Fearful for his future, but unwilling to provoke the wrath of the gods and the Erinyes by killing the offspring of Zeus and his daughter, Acrisius cast

477-685: Is not far from the stars Betelgeuse and Sirius; his wife's constellation Andromeda is also nearby. It is southward from Cassiopeia, and to the left of Taurus. His constellation contains the most famous variable star Algol and some deep sky objects such as Messier 34, the Double Cluster, the California Nebula, and the Little Dumbbell Nebula (Messier 76). There are eight named stars in the constellation Algol, Atik, Berehinya, Menkib, Miram, Mirfak, Misam, and Muspelheim. It

530-586: Is unlikely, however, that Apollodorus knew who walled in Mycenae; he was only conjecturing. Perseus took up official residence in Mycenae with Andromeda where he had a long, successful reign as king. According to the Suda , Perseus, after he married Andromeda, founded a city and called it Amandra (Ἄμανδραν). In the city there was a stele depicting the Gorgon. The city later changed the name to Ikonion because it had

583-694: Is why Heinrich Schliemann named the largest tholos tomb the Treasury of Atreus . Apart from these more historical references, the only accounts of him are from folk-etymology: Perseus dropped his cap or found a mushroom (both named myces ) at Mycenae, or perhaps the place was named after the lady Mycene, daughter of Inachus , mentioned in a now-fragmentary poem, the Megalai Ehoiai . For whatever reasons, perhaps as outposts, Perseus fortified Mycenae according to Apollodorus along with Midea , an action that implies that they both previously existed. It

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636-495: The Bibliotheca . Pausanias asserts that the Greeks believed Perseus founded Mycenae. He mentions the shrine to Perseus that stood on the left-hand side of the road from Mycenae to Argos, and also a sacred fountain at Mycenae called Persea . Located outside the walls, this was perhaps the spring that filled the citadel's underground cistern. He states also that Atreus stored his treasures in an underground chamber there, which

689-503: The AMC drama series Mad Men , Hamlin received a Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series . Hamlin was born October 30, 1951, in Pasadena, California , the son of Bernice (née Robinson), a socialite, and Chauncey Jerome Hamlin, Jr., an aeronautical engineer. As a teenager, he attended Flintridge Preparatory School , near Pasadena, and The Hill School ,

742-753: The American Conservatory Theater 's advanced actor training program, from which he was awarded a Master of Fine Arts degree in acting in 1976. There, Hamlin starred in a production of Equus , attracting the attention of director Stanley Donen . Hamlin appeared in the 1976 television production of Taming of the Shrew and also had the title role in the 1979 television miniseries Studs Lonigan . He starred in Movie Movie with George C. Scott in 1978, for which he received his first Golden Globe Award nomination. His big-screen break

795-535: The Argives during his invasion of Greece, but ultimately failed to do so. King Acrisius of Argos had only one child, a daughter named Danaë . Disappointed by not having a male heir, Acrisius consulted the Oracle at Delphi , who warned him that he would one day be killed by his own grandson. To keep Danaë childless, Acrisius imprisoned her in a room atop a bronze tower in the courtyard of his palace: This mytheme

848-571: The Atlas mountains . On the way back to Seriphos, Perseus stopped in the kingdom of Aethiopia . This mythical Ethiopia was ruled by King Cepheus and Queen Cassiopeia . Cassiopeia, having boasted that her daughter Andromeda was more beautiful than the Nereids , drew the vengeance of Poseidon, who sent an inundation on the land and a sea serpent, Cetus , which destroyed man and beast. The oracle of Ammon announced that no relief would be found until

901-721: The Graeae , the Gorgons' sisters, for the snake-haired women's whereabouts (in other versions, it was the Hesperides nymphs who gave Perseus the weapons after he sought out the Graeae). Following Athena's guidance, Perseus found the Graeae, who were three old swan -shaped witches sharing a single eye and a single tooth. As the witches passed their eye from one to another, Perseus snatched it from them, holding it for ransom in return for

954-472: The Hallmark Channel film You Lucky Dog . On December 4, 2008, TV Guide reported that Hamlin and Rinna signed a deal to create a reality television series called Harry Loves Lisa that is based around their family life. The series was developed by TV Land and premiered on October 6, 2010. In 2012, Hamlin began playing Lloyd Lishman, an older lover to Ian Gallagher ( Cameron Monaghan ) on

1007-644: The Hollywood Foreign Press Association . In early 1991 Hamlin appeared in the music video and sang in the choir on the song " Voices That Care " which was made in support of U.S. troops who were stationed in the Middle East and involved in Operation Desert Storm . In 1992, Hamlin guest starred in two episodes of Batman: The Animated Series as Cameron Kaiser and Anthony Romulus . In 1995, he participated in

1060-441: The aorist stem, pers- . Pers-eus therefore is a "sacker [of cities]"; that is, a soldier by occupation, a fitting name for the first Mycenaean warrior. The further origin of perth- is more obscure. Hofmann lists the possible root as *bher- , from which Latin ferio , "strike". This corresponds to Pokorny's *bher- (3), "scrape, cut". Ordinarily *bh- descends to Greek as ph- . This difficulty can be overcome by presuming

1113-471: The quoit and was making a public display of them when Acrisius, who happened to be visiting, stepped into the trajectory of the quoit and was killed: thus the oracle was fulfilled. This is an unusual variant on the story of such a prophecy, as Acrisius's actions did not, in this variant, cause his death. In the Bibliotheca , the inevitable occurred by another route: Perseus did return to Argos, but when Acrisius learned of his grandson's approach, mindful of

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1166-462: The Athenian orator Isocrates helps to date Perseus approximately. He said that Heracles was four generations later than Perseus, which corresponds to the legendary succession: Perseus, Electryon , Alcmena , and Heracles , who was a contemporary of Eurystheus . Atreus was one generation later, a total of five generations. The replacement of Bellerophon as the tamer and rider of Pegasus by

1219-552: The Gorgon and, when a fireball fell from the sky, he took the fire and gave it to the people to guard and revere it. Later, during a war, he tried to use Medusa's head again, but because he was old and could not see well, the head did not work. Because he thought that it was useless, he turned it toward himself and he died. Later his son Merros (Μέρρος) burned the head. Perseus and Andromeda had seven sons: Perses , Alcaeus , Heleus , Mestor , Sthenelus , Electryon , and Cynurus , and two daughters, Gorgophone and Autochthe . Perses

1272-467: The Gorgons' location. The Graeae informed Perseus that the Gorgons lived on the Island of Sarpedon. Perseus then gave the Graeae their eye back and proceeded to the island. On the Island of Sarpedon, Perseus came across a cave where Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa lay sleeping. Using Athena's reflective shield, Perseus overcame the looking taboo , walked into the cave backwards, safely observing and approaching

1325-459: The US version of Shameless (7 episodes before the end of Season 3). Hamlin appeared in an adult diaper commercial with his wife during a primetime television program. Beginning on April 28, 2013, Hamlin appeared in several episodes of season six (1968) of Mad Men as ad executive Jim Cutler after the merger of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce and Cutler Gleason and Chaough. Hamlin was nominated for

1378-576: The depiction (ἀπεικόνισμα) of the Gorgon. Then he fought the Isaurians and the Cilicians and founded the city of Tarsus because an oracle told him to found a city in the place where after the victory, the flat (ταρσός) of his foot will touch the earth while he is dismounting from his horse. Then he conquered the Medes and changed the name of the country to Persia. At Persia, he taught the magi about

1431-447: The documentary film, The Celluloid Closet where he discussed his role in the film Making Love . In 2001, he starred in the television comedy Bratty Babies , and in 2002 he reprised the role of Michael Kuzak in an L.A. Law reunion television film. In 2004, Hamlin began a recurring role on the television series Veronica Mars . He played fading action hero Aaron Echolls , father to central show character Logan Echolls who had

1484-496: The episode of Perseus and Andromeda the subject of tragedies, and its incidents were represented in many ancient works of art. As Perseus was flying in his return above the sands of Libya , according to Apollonius of Rhodes , the falling drops of Medusa's blood created a race of toxic serpents, one of whom was to kill the Argonaut Mopsus . Upon returning to Seriphos and discovering that his mother had to take refuge from

1537-817: The following year. In 1994, Hamlin received a Helen Hayes Award nomination for his portrayal of the title role in Henry V at the Shakespeare Theater Company in Washington, D.C. In 1996, Hamlin returned to Broadway as Michael Buchanan in Tennessee Williams ' Summer and Smoke at the Roundabout Theater . In 2010, Hamlin authored Full Frontal Nudity: The Making of an Accidental Actor, published by Scribner , wherein he shares stories of his early life before becoming

1590-503: The gift; he would not refuse it. Polydectes held Perseus to his rash promise and demanded the snake-haired Medusa 's head. Medusa and her two immortal older sisters, Stheno and Euryale , were Gorgons , monsters with snakes for hair, sharp fangs and claws , wings of gold , and gazes that turned people to stone . Before setting out on his quest, Perseus prayed to the gods and Zeus answered by sending two of his other children – Hermes and Athena – to bless their half-brother with

1643-770: The gothic supernatural trilogy Lives of the Mayfair Witches by author Anne Rice . Hamlin made his Broadway debut in 1982 playing Moe Axelrod opposite Frances McDormand in the Broadway revival of Clifford Odets ' Awake and Sing! An avid Shakespearean actor, Hamlin played the title role in Hamlet at the McCarter Theatre in Princeton, New Jersey, where he played Faust in Doctor Faustus

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1696-449: The king sacrificed his daughter, Andromeda, to the monster, and so she was fastened naked to a rock on the shore. Wearing the winged sandals given to him by Hermes, Perseus reached Andromeda and used the harpe to behead the monster (in other versions, Perseus used Medusa's head to petrify Cetus). By rescuing Andromeda, Perseus claimed her in marriage. Perseus married Andromeda in spite of Phineus , to whom she had been previously engaged. At

1749-811: The more familiar culture hero Perseus was not simply an error of painters and poets of the Renaissance . The transition was a development of Classical times which became the standard image during the Middle Ages and has been adopted by the European poets of the Renaissance and later: Giovanni Boccaccio 's Genealogia deorum gentilium libri (10.27) identifies Pegasus as the steed of Perseus, and Pierre Corneille places Perseus upon Pegasus in Andromède . Various modern representations of Pegasus depict

1802-598: The name of the Persian people , whom they called the Pérsai (from Old Persian Pārsa "Persia, a Persian"). However, the native name of the Persians – Pārsa in Persian – has always been pronounced with an -a- . Herodotus recounts this story, devising a foreign son of Andromeda and Perseus, Perses , from whom the Persians took the name. Apparently the Persians also knew that story, as Xerxes tried to use it to suborn

1855-622: The names of his wife and relatives. There is some idea that it descended into Greek from the Proto-Indo-European language . In that regard Graves proposed the only Greek derivation available: Perseus might be from the Greek verb πέρθειν ( pérthein , "to waste, ravage, sack, destroy") some form of which is familiar in Homeric epithets. According to Buck , the -eus suffix is typically used to form an agent noun, in this case from

1908-449: The novel by James A. Michener ) in 1985. Hamlin appeared on the NBC legal drama series L.A. Law , playing attorney Michael Kuzak. He remained on the series from 1986 to 1991 during which time he was voted People magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive" in 1987. Hamlin left the series at the end of the fifth season having been nominated three times for Best Actor in a Television Series - Drama by

1961-467: The oracle he went into voluntary exile in Pelasgiotis ( Thessaly ). There Teutamides, king of Larissa , was holding funeral games for his father. Competing in the discus throw, Perseus's throw veered-and struck Acrisius, killing him instantly. In a third tradition, Acrisius had been driven into exile by his brother Proetus . Perseus petrified the brother with Medusa's head and restored Acrisius to

2014-416: The reality shows Harry Loves Lisa and The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills with their parents. The couple also starred in the first season of Veronica Mars as Aaron and Lynn Echolls, a married couple. They also starred as a married couple in the 2001 Lifetime film Sex, Lies & Obsession . Hamlin's wives have all been prime time soap-opera actresses: Rinna starred on Melrose Place , Sheridan

2067-482: The set of Clash of the Titans in 1979. They had a son, Dimitri Hamlin, in 1980. Although an engagement was announced, the couple never married. In 1983, Hamlin broke up with her. From 1985 to 1989, he was married to actress Laura Johnson and, between 1991 and 1992, to actress Nicollette Sheridan . Since 1997, Hamlin has been married to actress Lisa Rinna , whom he met in 1992. They have two daughters, Delilah (born 1998) and Amelia (born 2001), who both appeared in

2120-514: The sleeping Gorgons. With Athena guiding the sword, Perseus beheaded Medusa. From Medusa's neck sprang her two children with Poseidon : the winged horse Pegasus ("he who sprang") and the giant Chrysaor ("sword of gold"). To avenge their sister's death, Stheno and Euryale flew after Perseus, but he escaped them by wearing Hades's invisibility helm. From here he proceeded to visit King Atlas who had refused him hospitality; in revenge Perseus petrified him with Medusa's head and King Atlas became

2173-463: The swap that Perseus was ashamed to have become king of Argos by inflicting death. In any case, early Greek literature reiterates that manslaughter, even involuntary, requires the exile of the slaughterer, expiation and ritual purification. The exchange might well have proved a creative solution to a difficult problem. The two main sources regarding the legendary life of Perseus—for the Greeks considered him an authentic historical figure—are Pausanias and

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2226-499: The third season of Dancing with the Stars with Ashly DelGrosso , but was voted off the show in the third week. In 2009, Hamlin starred in the series Harper's Island as Uncle Marty. He was killed abruptly in the first episode by being cut in half while he dangled from a broken wooden bridge. In June 2010, Hamlin guest-starred in an episode of Army Wives and then became a recurring cast member. In June 2010, Hamlin starred in

2279-532: The throne. Then, accused by Acrisius of lying about having slain Medusa, Perseus proves himself by showing Acrisius the Gorgon's head, thus fulfilling the prophecy. Having killed Acrisius, Perseus, who was next in line for the throne, gave the kingdom to Megapenthes ("great mourning"), son of Proetus , and took over Megapenthes's kingdom of Tiryns . The story is related in Pausanias, who gives as motivation for

2332-422: The two into the sea in a wooden chest. Danaë's fearful prayer, made while afloat in the darkness, has been expressed by the poet Simonides of Ceos . Mother and child washed ashore on the island of Seriphos , where they were taken in by the fisherman Dictys ("fishing net"), who raised the boy to manhood. The brother of Dictys was Polydectes ("he who receives/welcomes many"), the king of the island. When Perseus

2385-572: The violent advances of Polydectes, Perseus killed him with Medusa's head, and made Dictys the new king of Seriphos. Perseus then returned his magical loans and gave Medusa's head as a votive gift to Athena, who set it on her aegis (which Zeus gave her) as the Gorgoneion . The fulfillment of the oracle was told several ways, each incorporating the mythic theme of exile. In Pausanias he did not return to Argos, but went instead to Larissa , where athletic games were being held. He had just invented

2438-495: The weapons needed to defeat Medusa. Hermes gave Perseus his own pair of winged sandals to fly with and lent him his harpe sword to slay Medusa with, and Hades 's helm of darkness to become invisible with. Athena lent Perseus her polished shield for him to view Medusa's reflection without becoming petrified, and gave him a kibisis , a knapsack to safely contain the Gorgon's head which the goddess warned could still petrify even in death. Lastly, Athena instructed Perseus to seek out

2491-610: The wedding, a quarrel took place between the rivals, and Phineus was petrified by the sight of Medusa's head. Andromeda ("queen of men") followed her husband to Tiryns in Argos , and became the ancestress of the family of the Perseidae who ruled at Tiryns through her son with Perseus, Perses . After her death she was placed by Athena among the constellations in the northern sky, near Perseus and Cassiopeia. Sophocles and Euripides (and in more modern times Pierre Corneille ) made

2544-456: The winged horse with Perseus, including the fantasy film Clash of the Titans and its 2010 remake .   Male   Female   Deity Perseus has a constellation named after him . The legend says that because he was so brave fighting Cetus for someone else he was given a place in the stars forever. It is located in the east in the winter at about the Latitude 10-N. It

2597-466: Was a regular on Knots Landing , Desperate Housewives , and the Dynasty reboot , and Johnson was a regular on Falcon Crest (on which Andress later made guest appearances). Perseus Because of the obscurity of the name "Perseus" and the legendary character of its bearer, most etymologists presume that it might be pre-Greek; however, the name of Perseus's native city was Greek and so were

2650-511: Was a starring role in the 1981 Greek mythology fantasy epic Clash of the Titans . Afterwards, his career faltered somewhat with such controversial films as Making Love in 1982 (the first gay themed love story to be produced by a major studio, Twentieth Century Fox) and Blue Skies Again (1983). He returned to television appearing in the miniseries Master of the Game (based on the novel by Sidney Sheldon ) in 1984 and Space (based on

2703-478: Was cataloged in the 2nd century by the Greek astronomer Ptolemy and is known for the famous Perseid Meteor Shower. There is in fact a whole family of constellations based on the myth of Perseus, which includes Andromeda, Cassiopeia, Cepheus, and Cetus. There is also a molecular cloud in the constellation that is 600 light years from our solar system. There is also a cluster of galaxies called the Perseus cluster. There

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2756-497: Was grown, Polydectes came to lust for the beautiful Danaë. Perseus believed Polydectes was less than honorable, and protected his mother from him; then Polydectes plotted to send Perseus away in disgrace. He held a large banquet where each guest was expected to bring a gift. Polydectes requested that the guests bring horses, under the pretense that he was collecting contributions for the hand of Hippodamia , daughter of Oinomaos. Perseus had no horse to give, so he asked Polydectes to name

2809-624: Was left in Aethiopia and was believed to have been an ancestor of the Persians . The other descendants ruled Mycenae from Electryon to Eurystheus , after whom Atreus got the kingdom. However, the Perseids included the great hero, Heracles , stepson of Amphitryon , son of Alcaeus . The Heraclides, or descendants of Heracles, successfully contested the rule of the Atreids. A statement by

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