Aeschylus, Phorcides (lost play) (Greek tragedy C5th B.C.) : The Phorcides was the second of a trilogy of plays describing the story of Perseus. The plot revolved around Perseus' quest for the head of Medousa (Medusa). The Graiai (Graeae), sisters of the Gorgones, formed the ...
Enraged, the virgin goddess transformed Medusa’s enchanting hair into a coil of serpents, turning the youngest Gorgon into the monster we described above. Perseus and Medusa Soon after this, trying to get rid of Perseus, Polydectes, the king of Seriphos, sent the great hero on a quest ...
The image of Medusa was thought to be protective. Ancient statuary, bronze shields, and vessels have depictions of Medusa. Famous artists that have been inspired by Medusa and the heroic Perseus story include Leonardo da Vinci, Benvenuto Cellini, Peter Paul Rubens, Gialorenzo Bernini, Pablo Picas...
“Medusa, for your pride this has been done. Your face is now so terrible to behold that the mere sight of it will turn a man to stone,” proclaimed the goddess, “Even you, Medusa, should you seek your reflection, shall turn to rock the instant you see your face.”...
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One Medusa story also states that her blood had additional powerful properties. In that story, the blood from the left side of her body has the power to kill, and the blood from the right side of her body has the power to return people from the dead. Asclepius, the ancient Greek god ...
who thereafter used her head as a weapon[4] until he gave it to the goddess Athena to place on her shield. In classical antiquity the image of the head of Medusa appeared in the evil-averting device known as the Gorgoneion.In most versions of the story, she was beheaded by...
Medusa is the frightening monster from Greek mythology who had a nest of poisonous snakes for hair, and eyes that would turn anyone that met them to stone. The story in which the hero Perseus slew Medusa is famous even in Japan.[1] Because she was originally an Earth Goddess,[12] Rider...
Perhaps the most well-known aspect of her story is her defeat, when the famous Greek hero Perseus used a mirror to sneak up on her and decapitate her, thus securing his own place in history. It wasn't until the 20th century and the rise of feminist theory that Medusa became subject ...
Medusais a famous figure from Greek mythology. In some versions of the Medusa story, Medusa is raped by the god Poseidon in a temple of the goddess Athena, who punishes Medusa by turning her hair into snakes and cursing her so that everything she looks at turns to stone. ...