Dictys of the island of Seriphus rescued the two and he raised Perseus like a son. Such a mission would have been equivalent to suicide for Perseus and Polydectes did not expect him to ever return to Seriphus.
As Perseus was the son of Zeus, he was aided by the gods. Perseus received the Cap of Invisibility from Hades , a pair of winged sandals from Hermes , a reflective bronze shield from Athena, and a sword from Hephaestus. With these divine gifts, Perseus sought out Medusa and decapitated her with the bronze shield while she was asleep.
Head of Medusa by Peter Paul Rubens. Public Domain. Immediately after the Gorgon was beheaded, the winged horse Pegasus sprung out from her neck. In the Theogony , Hesiod also mentions that the golden giant Chrysaor, who was born with a golden sword in his hand, emerged from the severed neck of Medusa. But the hero escaped by using the Cap of Invisibility. Some versions of the myth say he took Pegasus with him as well. But he had several other exciting events before returning to the island.
Pegasus emerges from the body of Medusa. When Perseus asked Atlas for a place to rest for a short while, his request was refused.
Perseus also encountered Andromeda , the daughter of the Aethiopian king Cepheus and his wife Cassiopeia. Although Medusa is commonly regarded as a monster, her head is often seen as a protective amulet that would keep evil away. One such example of a protective Medusa head pendant appeared in the form of a late 2nd to 4th century AD Roman artifact recently unearthed in the Cambridgeshire countryside.
A 2,year-old marble head of Medusa was found not too long ago at a former Roman commercial center in Turkey as well. There are also numerous coins that bear not only the imagery of Perseus holding the head of Medusa, but also the head in its own right. These factors remind us that myths of the ancient world are still alive and with us in the modern world.
Top Image: Detail of a modern representation of Medusa. Source: Riordan Wiki. Atsma, A. Goldsborough, R. Deeper Meanings, Medusa. Hesiod, Theogony [West, M. Athena then punished her for this violation, by turning her into the monstrous, stony-glanced creature that we know. Yes: punished for being raped. But there is nothing normal about Medusa. However, unlike Medusa, the unnamed animal was never kept alive in captivity.
Poseidon and Amphitrite had a son, Triton who was a merman, and a daughter, Rhodos if this Rhodos was not actually fathered by Poseidon on Halia or was not the daughter of Asopus as others claim. As a beautiful maiden, Medusa would become an attendant in one of the temples dedicated to Athena.
Medusa is known as a woman with snakes for hair and a gaze that turns men into stone. Poseidon vanished after he was done and left Medusa vulnerable and weak. Throughout history, Medusa got the bad reputation as a scornful, evil woman who turns people into stone with a mere glance.
Also, the flag and emblem of Sicily feature her head. When she is depicted in art, usually only her head is shown. She has a broad face, sometimes with tusks, and snakes for hair. In some imagery, she has fangs, a forked tongue, and bulging eyes. While Medusa is usually considered to be ugly, one myth states that it was her great beauty, not her ugliness, that paralyzed all observers. Her "monstrous" form is believed by some scholars to represent a partially-decomposed human skull with teeth beginning to show through the decaying lips.
The image of Medusa was thought to be protective. Ancient statuary, bronze shields, and vessels have depictions of Medusa. The snake-headed, petrifying image of Medusa is instantly recognizable in popular culture. The Medusa myth has enjoyed a renaissance since the story was featured in the "Clash of the Titans" movies in and , and " Percy Jackson and the Olympians ," also in , where Medusa is portrayed by actress Uma Thurman. In addition to the silver screen, the mythical figure appears as a character in TV, books, cartoons, video games, role-playing games, usually as an antagonist.
The symbol of designer and fashion icon Versace is a Medusa-head. According to the design house, it was chosen because she represents beauty, art, and philosophy. Actively scan device characteristics for identification. Use precise geolocation data. Select personalised content. In later illustrations from the fifth century B.
Here is a rare instance of a nonfrontal, nonstaring Medusa; in sleep, the threat of her power is canceled. Indeed, she is portrayed as a peacefully sleeping human figure—only her wings suggest that she is a supernatural creature. Some scenes include the other Gorgons, Stheno and Euryale, pursuing Perseus after he has beheaded Medusa. One example, on an early seventh-century B.
The Gorgons are often represented in this running pose, known as knielauf , on pottery The legends of the Gorgons cast them as foreign others living outside of the known Greek world and horrific beings to be feared and ultimately vanquished. Archaic depictions are monstrous and inexplicable—the Gorgon seems to be both male and female, both human and animal.
The sixth-century B. Classical and Hellenistic images of Medusa are more human, but she retains a sense of the unknown through specific supernatural details such as wings and snakes. These later images may have lost the gaping mouth, sharp teeth, and beard, but they preserve the most striking quality of the Gorgon: the piercing and unflinching outward gaze.
Her very presence is foreign, dangerous, and potent, as are her specific characteristics. In the Odyssey , her head was kept in Hades to drive the living from the world of the dead.
The Perseus myth provides us with the phenomenon that her face and gaze could turn men to stone. Perseus and Athena were required to control such threatening forces and harness their power. This harness was taken up by ancient Greek artists, who represented the Gorgon across all periods and in all media. Medusa is a deadly and cryptic other, but she is also ubiquitous, with an undeniable energy that inspired artists to repeat her semblance and story in diverse ways across literature, lore, and art through ancient Greece, Rome, and beyond.
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