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Medusa and her Gorgon sisters Euryale and Stheno were usually described as daughters of Phorcys and Ceto; of the three, only Medusa was mortal. Medusa was beheaded by the Greek hero Perseus, who then used her head, which retained its ability to turn onlookers to stone, as a weapon [5] until he gave it to the goddess Athena to place on her shield.
Some representations show full-bodied Gorgons, while others, called gorgoneia, show only the face (or head) of a Gorgon, such as those described in the Iliad as appearing on Athena's aegis, and Agamemnon's shield. [55] The earliest representations of both types are found from roughly the same time period, the mid-seventh century BC. [56]
The Gorgons Stheno and Euryale were immortal, whereas their Gorgon sister Medusa was mortal. [8] The only story involving them is their pursuit of Perseus after he has beheaded Medusa. The Hesiodic Shield of Heracles (c. late seventh–mid sixth century BC) describes the two Gorgons' pursuit of Perseus, as depicted on Heracles' shield:
Disembodied Gorgon heads also appear as enemies in the game. Gorgon's Quest is a platformer that can be played solo or with another player in co-op. After Perseus beheads Medusa, Stheno and Euryale travel ancient Greece to track down the demigod, petrify him and other enemies, and bring their youngest sister's head back to her in the underworld.
He beheaded the Gorgon Medusa for Polydectes and saved Andromeda from the sea monster Cetus. He was the son of Zeus and the mortal Danaë, [2] as well as the half-brother and great-grandfather of Heracles (as they were both children of Zeus, and Heracles's mother was descended from Perseus).
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