Medusa - Mythopedia
2023年3月11日 · Medusa’s blood was sometimes thought to have magical or medicinal properties. According to Apollodorus, Asclepius received a phial of her blood from Athena and …
Perseus - Mythopedia
2023年7月3日 · Perseus looks to Athena and away from Medusa to avoid turning into stone. Metropolitan Museum of Art Public Domain. Thus equipped, Perseus went to the cave of the …
Gorgons - Mythopedia
2023年3月8日 · Even so, Medusa was undeniably powerful: anyone who looked upon her face was immediately turned to stone. In some traditions, the other Gorgons may have had this …
Pegasus - Mythopedia
2023年3月24日 · The Gorgon Medusa, whose gaze famously turned humans to stone, was once a lover of the sea god Poseidon. When Perseus, the hero of Argos, beheaded Medusa, …
Theseus – Mythopedia
2023年5月16日 · Apollodorus, Library 3.15.6, translated by James G. Frazer.See also Plutarch, Life of Theseus 3.3. ↩; The fifth-century BCE poet Bacchylides tells a story of how Theseus …
Medea – Mythopedia
2022年11月29日 · Medea was the daughter of Aeetes, the king of Colchis, and a highly skilled witch. When Jason and the Argonauts came to her homeland to steal the Golden Fleece, she …
Phorcys - Mythopedia
2023年9月6日 · Phorcys, son of Pontus and Gaia, was a Greek sea god. He fathered a host of mythological monsters with his sister-consort Ceto. Among these terrifying …
Minerva – Mythopedia
2022年12月9日 · The tale was a classic story of hubris in the face of the gods and the consequences thereof. It started when Arachne, a young girl and a talented weaver, boasted …
Andromeda - Mythopedia
2023年3月10日 · Andromeda, the daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopeia, was a beautiful princess of Ethiopia. Offered up as a sacrifice to Poseidon as punishment for her mother’s foolish …
Graeae - Mythopedia
2023年1月18日 · Their Sister’s Keepers: Perseus and Medusa. The Graeae were known above all for their connection with Perseus and his heroic quest to slay Medusa. In this popular tale, …