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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 ...
Medusa, a princess of Iolcus as daughter of King Pelias and Queen Anaxibia, daughter of Bias. [9] Medusa, a resident of Pherae and daughter of Orsilochus. [10] She was probably the sister of Diocles [11] and Dorodoche, said by some to be the wife of Icarius. [12] Medusa married Polybus, king of Corinth and thus, adopted mother of Oedipus. [10]
Medusa appears as a recurring enemy in the Castlevania series. [23] Medusa appears in Assassin's Creed Odyssey, where she is implied to be a human that has been transformed by the effects of the Apple of Eden. [24] Gorgons appear as enemies in the 2006 game Titan Quest. [25]
In Greek mythology, Perseus (US: / ˈ p ɜː r. s i. ə s /, UK: / ˈ p ɜː. sj uː s /; Greek: Περσεύς, translit. Perseús) is the legendary founder of the Perseid dynasty.He was, alongside Cadmus and Bellerophon, the greatest Greek hero and slayer of monsters before the days of Heracles. [1]
Of particular interest is the famous Medusa pediment (early sixth century BC) from the temple of Artemis in Corfu (Fig. 6), which shows a winged-Medusa in the characteristic Knielauf (kneeling-running) position, with two snakes wrapped around her waist, like the Gorgons described in the Hesiodic Shield of Heracles. [64]
A mosaic depicting Odysseus, from the villa of La Olmeda, Pedrosa de la Vega, Spain, late 4th–5th centuries AD. The Odyssey begins after the end of the ten-year Trojan War (the subject of the Iliad), from which Odysseus (also known by the Latin variant Ulysses), king of Ithaca, has still not returned because he angered Poseidon, the god of the sea.
Since Medusa is traditionally thought of as a villain — and she does try to turn the kids into stone at the end of the episode — introducing a nuanced narrative of abuse required some care in ...
Orsilochus had at least one son Diocles, [4] his successor, and at least two daughters: Dorodoche, said by some to be the wife of Icarius, [5] and Medusa, the wife of Polybus of Corinth. [6] Orsilochus, grandson of the precedent through Diocles, and twin of Crethon. He was the brother of Anticleia.