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In a late version of the Medusa myth, by the Roman poet Ovid, [10] Medusa was originally a beautiful maiden, but when Neptune (the Roman equivalent of the Greek Poseidon) mated with her in Minerva's temple (Minerva being the Roman equivalent of the Greek Athena), Minerva punished Medusa by transforming her beautiful hair into horrible snakes ...
Another song named Medusa was released by Kailee Morgue in 2017. Bring Me the Horizon have a song titled “(I Used to Make Out With) Medusa" on their 2006 album Count Your Blessings. Kaia Jette released a song titled Medusa in 2023. [28] Angel Witch released a song titled Gorgon as part of their album Angel Witch in 1980
Medusa, or sometimes referred to as The Head of Medusa, was created c.1618 using oil on canvas and is 68.5 x 118 cm. [5] Rubens enlisted the help of Frans Snyders who worked with him multiple times. Snyders was a nature artist and worked with Rubens to paint animals in his pieces, such as the snakes in Medusa. [ 5 ]
In short, she’s not monstrous. She’s beautiful. “One of the most interesting changes that informed the way she looks is that in Medusa’s point of view, the real curse wasn’t making her ugly.
One of the earliest such "beautiful" Gorgons (mid-fifth century BC) is a red-figure pelike (Fig. 11), which shows Perseus, with head turned away, about to behead a sleeping Medusa. [60] While gorgoneia continue to be ubiquitous through the end of antiquity, after the fourth century BC full-bodied Gorgons ceased to be represented.
Medusa, one of the Gorgons. [1] Medusa, one of the Hesperides and the sister of Aegle, Hesperie and Arethusa. [2] [3] Medusa, a Mycenaean princess as the daughter of King Sthenelus and Queen Nicippe (also called Antibia [4] or Archippe [5]), daughter of Pelops. She was the sister of Eurystheus and Alcyone. [6]
Medusa, one of the Gorgons. [1] Medusa, one of the Hesperides and the sister of Aegle, Hesperie and Arethusa. [2] [3] Medusa, a Mycenaean princess as the daughter of King Sthenelus and Queen Nicippe (also called Antibia [4] or Archippe [5]), daughter of Pelops. She was the sister of Eurystheus and Alcyone. [6]
"Medusa" is Monster in My Pocket #26, appearing as a beautiful woman with snaky hair Reflecting its use by the ancient world as a protective apotropaic symbol , [ 5 ] a gorgon image with moving snakes for hair appears on an ancient Roman wall in the opening credits sequence for the HBO series Rome , although the face itself is neither ugly or ...