Here, I used Hero Forge to create the Greek hero and demigod Perseus as an anthropomorphic lion (because the lion is a widely used symbolic animal that stands for power, strength, bravery and royal majesty, as it is considered the "king of animals"). According to legend, he wears winged sandals like Hermes. Since Medusa's head wasn't available, I had to use the shield, which is actually associated with Athena.

Mythology (as I know it)
King Acrisius of Argos had no sons, but he did have a beautiful daughter named Danae.
Acrisius turned to the Oracle of Delphi, and the Pythia (the ruling prophetic priestess) told him that he would have no sons, but his daughter would bear a son. Before Acrisius could be comfortable with the idea of ​​his grandson inheriting the throne, the Pythia told him that his grandson would kill him.
To prevent his daughter from ever being impregnated by a man, he had her imprisoned (depending on the version, it was a tower or an underground prison).
The walls could hold back mortal men, but not Zeus, the father of the gods, who had his eye on the imprisoned princess. In the form of a golden shower, he fell upon Danae, thus impregnating her.
Danae became pregnant and gave birth to her son, Perseus. When her father learned of the child, he wanted to kill them both. But the laws of the gods forbade the killing of family members.
Mother and child were imprisoned in a wooden box and consigned to the sea so Acrisius wouldn't have to get his hands dirty.
But Poseidon, at Zeus's command, ensured that the chest reached the island of Serifos. Dictys, a fisherman, freed mother and child and took them in. He raised Perseus as his own son.
But King Polydectes, Dictys' brother, desired Danae, who rejected him several times, and Perseus protected her.
Polydectes already had a plan to get rid of Perseus and announced to his subjects that he would marry a princess and expect tribute in return.
Polydectes demanded the head of Medusa from Perseus as a gift. Medusa was a monstrous woman with snakes instead of hair, whose mere gaze turned every living creature to stone. As hoped, Perseus was ready to set out to find the Gorgon Medusa, behead her, and bring her to Polydectes. Polydectes hoped Perseus would fail so he could seize Danae unhindered.
Fortunately, Perseus could count on divine assistance from Athena and Hermes, who provided him with winged sandals, a reflective shield, a sword, a special pouch, and a helmet that renders its wearer invisible.
Perseus had to turn to the Graeae, monstrous old women who share a tooth and an eye. Only the Graeae knew the whereabouts of Medusa and her sisters, Stheno and Euryale. Perseus managed to seize the tooth and eye, and the Graeae were forced to give him information in return for the return of their eye and tooth.
Perseus was able to find the sleeping Gorgons. Medusa was the only one of the three who was mortal. Using the shield as a mirror, through which Perseus could safely see Medusa, Perseus was able to approach, and with the sword, he was able to behead Medusa.
Before the other sisters could find Perseus to avenge the death of their sister Medusa, he was able to escape from them invisibly with the help of the helmet.
Pegasus and Chrysaor were born from Medusa's blood.
Perseus was about to return to Serifos when he found a princess chained to a rock by the sea. Princess Andromeda was to be sacrificed to a sea monster because her mother, Queen Cassiopeia, boasted that she was more beautiful than the Nereids, daughters of Nereus and sisters of Amphitrite, the wife of the sea god Poseidon.
But Perseus, who had fallen in love with the princess at first sight, managed to fight and kill the sea monster (there is also a version that he used Medusa's head, which was extremely dangerous both alive and dead, to petrify the sea monster).
After defeating the sea monster, Perseus and Andromeda were able to marry, and Perseus also petrified Andromeda's power-hungry uncle with Medusa's head.
Perseus returned to Serifos and learned that King Polydectes had attempted to take his mother by force.
Perseus confronted King Polydectes and his most loyal men. Polydectes was stunned that Perseus had returned alive. As proof of his success, Perseus presented Medusa's head, and Polydectes and his most loyal men were petrified.
Dictys, who had previously lived as a fisherman, became the new king of Serifos, much to the delight of the people.
Afterwards, Perseus wanted to meet with his grandfather, King Acrisius. Even before Perseus, his mother, and his wife arrived in Argos, Acrisius had fled, fearing that Perseus would take revenge and kill him.
Perseus then participated in a combat game in Larissa. When it was Perseus' turn to throw a discus, the wind changed the discus's direction.
The discus flew directly into the spectators and struck an old man in the head. The discus shattered the old man's skull, and he fell dead to the ground.
It was King Acrisius, who had disguised himself as a commoner and mingled with the spectators to avoid Perseus.
But the prophecy that he would die at the hands of his grandson ultimately came true.
King Acrisius was buried by Perseus in deep mourning. Perseus himself returned all the magical objects he had acquired to the gods, and Athena received the head of Medusa.
Because of Acrisius's murder, Perseus exchanged his now inherited rule over Argos with Megapenthes for Tiryns and from there founded Midea and Mycenae.
Perseus was granted a long and happy life with Andromeda (Yes, happy endings are relatively rare in Greek mythology).
After their deaths, the two were raised to the heavens as constellations, along with Cepheus, Cassiopeia, and the sea monster (Cetus).
From their lineage came another great hero, Heracles (better known by the Roman name Hercules).