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Medusa
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Is an instantly recognizable gure from ancient Greek art. Her face, whether erce and grotesque or feminine and composed, appears in virtually all media in varying contexts. The most common interpretation of Medusa suggests she is an apotropaic symbol used to protect from and ward off the negative, much like the modern evil eye. She represents a dangerous threat meant to deter other dangerous threats, an image of evil to repel evil. A close look at her role in Greek mythology and art reveals a nuanced and complex
Madeleine Glennon Department of Greek and Roman Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Captured forever in stone, the look of “fuck”.
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Medusa – the only mortal among the Gorgon sisters - was also distinguished from them by the fact that she alone was born with a beautiful face. Ovid especially praises the glory of her hair, “most wonderful of all her charms.”
The great sea god Poseidon seems to have shared this admiration, for he couldn’t resist the temptation and impregnated Medusa in a temple of Athena. Enraged, the virgin goddess transformed Medusa’s enchanting hair into a coil of serpents, turning the youngest Gorgon into the monster we described above.
Damn, girl.
For Medusa was pregnant at the time of her death, and when Perseus severed her head, her two unborn children, Chrysaor and Pegasus, suddenly sprang from her neck. The Gorgons were awoken by the noise and did their best to avenge the death of her sister, but they could neither see nor catch Perseus, for he was wearing Hades’ Cap of Invisibility and Hermes’ winged sandals. to their secluded abode to mourn Medusa.
Fuck, she Stinks
After this, Perseus gave Medusa’s head to his benefactor Athena, as a votive gift.
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Now that Perseus had Medusa’s head in his bag, he went back to Seriphos. However, while ying over Libya, drops of Medusa’s blood fell to the ground and instantly turned into snakes; it is because of this that, to this day, Libya abounds with serpents. When Perseus arrived in Seriphos, he used Medusa’s head to turn Polydectes and the vicious islanders into stones; the island was well-known long after for its numerous rocks.
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