Medusa is one of the more unusual divine figures of ancient Greece mythology. One of a trio of Gorgon sisters, Medusa was the only sister who was not immortal. She is famed for her snake-like hair and her gaze, which turns those who look at her to stone. Medusa Legend states that Med...
because she was possessing of many more attractive qualities as well. Outraged at Medusa'snarcissism, Athena decided to punish all of the Gorgon sisters. She exiled them to a deserted, isolated island. Then she put an additional curse on them: if a mortal ever looked at them straight in th...
(War Horse's Robert Emms), who has a strange fascination with triangles, and Hercules (The Full Monty's Mark Addy), who's famous for telling tall stories about his brave deeds. Then there's Hercules' slave girlfriend Medusa (this is before the curse that left her with snakes for hair...
She brought the blood of Gorgon Medousa (Medusa), scraped off into a shell fresh when she was newly slain, and smeared the tree with the crimson Libyan drops. This is what the mad Erinys did in the mountains."ERINYES PURIFIERS OF THE DEAD & JAILORS OF THE DUNGEON OF THE DAMNED...
[i.e. Myrtilos son of Hermes] devised; who drinking his last cup dived into his tomb in Nereus [i.e. the sea]--the tomb which bears his name [i.e. the Myrtoan Sea]--crying a blighting curse upon the race; even he who held the reins of swift-footed Psylla and Harpinna [i....
Script Medusa, mythology’s heinous snake-haired beast,can turn her enemies to stone with a single glance. Once she was Greece’s greatest beauty, desired by both men and gods. But after Poseidon raped her Medusa’s world changed forever. To the ancient Greeks, Medusa’s deadly image was ...
Greek mythology is a treasure trove of outlandish and incredible stories. At the forefront of these tales, spearheading the ridiculousness, are the Greek
Percy Jackson's Greek Gods is a collection of stories from Greek mythology told from the demigod Percy Jackson's point of view. The book talks about the origins of the Olympian gods (and of their ancestors, the Titans and the Protogenoi) and other storie
“Bearer of the Demon’s Head”) in which he holds the head of Medusa. This is interesting as the head held by the human-female figure is called a “drought demon” in the Secret Practice. This suggests a possible connection between the literary Yuebei xing’s skull and the deadly ...
Hesiod's Third Age in the Five Ages of Man was bronze. Zeus created men from ash trees—a hardwood used in spears. The men of the Bronze Age were terrible, strong, and warlike. Their armor and houses were made of bronze; they did not eat bread, living mainly on meat. This generation...