Questions tagged [medusa]
For questions about one of the Gorgons, three monster sisters with hair made of serpents whose gaze could turn people to stone.
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Who is “she who slew the Gorgon” in Euripides?
In Euripides' Ion, we find the following lines in a dialogue between Ion and his mother Creusa (Perseus Digital Library text in parallel with Coleridge's translation):
Κρέουσα: ἴστω Γοργοφόνα —
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What is the historical origin of Medusa?
I read a short paragraph on Medusa's wikipedia page about the myth representing a historical event.
A number of early classics scholars interpreted the myth of the Medusa
as a quasi-historical - ...
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Was King Polydectes the last petrified by Medusa?
After beheading Medusa, Perseus uses her head to turn the Titan Atlas, the sea monster Cetus, and King Polydectes of Seriphos to stone. Perseus then gives the head of the Gorgon to the goddess Athena, ...
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What kind of snakes were the Gorgons' hair made of?
So, the Gorgons had hairs of the snakes. Was it ever recorded what kind of snakes they were?
I have a couple of quotes
The spattered desert gave them life as snakes, smooth snakes of many kinds, ...
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Could you look at Medusa's head through a distorted surface?
So in Yannis' Awesome Answer
It was looking directly into Medusa's eyes that would turn a mortal to stone, not the whole of her face. Using the shield as a mirror meant that even if Medusa's gaze ...
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Why does Athena not hold Poseidon responsible for desecrating her temple with Medusa?
In Greek mythology, Medusa was raped by the sea god Poseidon in the Temple of Athena. Athena found no fault in Poseidon, but was furious with Medusa. My question is why would Athena not find any fault ...
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Hephaestus and Medusa had a son named Cacus. How was Hephaestus shielded from being turned to stone?
Hephaestus and Medusa had a son named Cacus.
Cacus was the son of Hephaestus and Medusa. Inheriting the properties of fire from his father and monstrousness from his mother, Cacus was a fire-...
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How did Athena keep from being turned into stone by her shield?
After Perseus killed Medusa, he gifted her head to Athena, who mounted it on a shield and used it in battle to turn her enemies into stone. How did she keep herself from being turned into stone by ...
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Why was Medusa the only mortal of the Gorgons?
As far as I understood the myth of Medusa, she was punished by Athena (either for letting herself being raped by Poseidon or for succumbing to Poseidon's woes). Her sisters, Euryale and Stheno (all ...
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Why was Medusa's hair made of snakes?
Medusa was a mythical creature that could turn all living beings into stone. However why was her hair made into snakes? Was it Medusa's eyes that turned people or the snakes'?
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Why does looking at Medusa with a mirror work?
Medusa is known for being so ugly that if men even look at her face, they would immediately be turned into stone statues. Perseus was somehow able to overcome this challenge of killing her by looking ...
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What happened to Medusa's sisters?
It is fairly well known that Medusa, the snake-headed Gorgon, had two sisters, Stheno and Euryale.
While the story of Medusa is concluded when Perseus beheads her, in modern retellings and versions, ...
