Medusa
mythological figure · 2 works · 2 mentions · 3 anchored passages
beautiful Medusa
in the texts
Theogony
The mortal Gorgon daughter of Phorcys and Ceto, who lies with Poseidon and is beheaded by Perseus, giving rise to Chrysaor and Pegasus.
And when Perseus cut off her head, there sprang forth great Chrysaor and the horse Pegasus who is so called because he was born near the springs of Ocean;
and both deathless gods and men who walk on earth call them Graiae, Pemphredo well-clad, and saffron-robed Enyo, and the Gorgons who dwell beyond glorious Ocean in the frontier land towards Night where are the clear-voiced Hesperides, Sthenno, and Euryale, and Medusa who suffered a woeful fate:
Pythian
The mortal Gorgon sister beheaded by Perseus, whose serpent-haired head brings 'stony death' to those who behold it.
he stripped off the head of beautiful Medusa,