Banished from Argos in advance of he was born (on account of an ominous prophecy), Perseus grew up on a distant island. When he arrived of age, he was sent to get rid of the Gorgon Medusa, a monster whose gaze turned all who looked upon her to stone.Iphicles was the son of Alcmene and Amphitryon and therefore the fifty percent-brother of Heracles.