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In a late version of the Medusa myth, by the Roman poet Ovid, [14] 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 ...
The Metamorphoses (Latin: Metamorphōsēs, from Ancient Greek: μεταμορφώσεις: "Transformations") is a Latin narrative poem from 8 CE by the Roman poet Ovid. It is considered his magnum opus .
Medusa: The most famous of the three Gorgons, daughters of the sea god Phorcys. Medusa was a terrible monster that turned people to stone if they beheld her, but was killed by Perseus and from her blood sprang Pegasus, the winged horse. IV: 616–801, V: 69-248, VI: 119 [149] Meleager
The fullest surviving and most famous ancient work about transformation in Greek myth is Roman poet Ovid's epic the Metamorphoses. Throughout history, the Metamorphoses has been used not only as a compendium of information on Ancient Greek and Roman lore, but also as a vehicle for allegorical exposition, exegesis, commentaries and adaptations ...
Poseidon and Caenis, woodcut illustration for Ovid's Metamorphoses book 12 by Virgil Solis, 1563. The most detailed account of Caeneus' story is found in the Roman poet Ovid 's Metamorphoses , which takes up most of book 12, and has Nestor tell Achilles the story of Caeneus' transformation, the brawl between the Centaurs and the Thessalians at ...
Some interpretations, beginning with the Roman poet Ovid’s, posit that the encounter was nonconsensual, and that Poseidon raped Medusa in Athena’s temple. ... Medusa is first mentioned in the ...
The affair appears to have formed part of Euripides' lost Andromeda, [3] and receives a single line in Apollodorus' Bibliotheca, [2] but the only extensive ancient treatment is found in Ovid's Metamorphoses. [4] In Ovid's account Perseus asked for Andromeda's hand in return for saving the girl from the sea-monster Cetus, to whom an oracle had ...
In contrast, Ovid states that Perseus kills Cetus with his magical sword, even though he also carries Medusa's head, which could easily turn the monster to stone (and Perseus does use Medusa's head for this purpose in other situations).