Medusa - Mythopedia
网页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 used it to cure the sick. Medusa’s blood was also used for witchcraft by some mythical figures. Other Interpretations. Not all ancient sources interpreted the myth of Medusa …
Perseus - Mythopedia
网页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. When he found Medusa, he was able to approach her without turning to stone by looking at her reflection in Athena’s shield. He then cut off Medusa’s head using Zeus’ …
Gorgons – Mythopedia
网页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 power as well. In the best-known traditions, Medusa’s head (or the head of some Gorgon, not always named) was cut off and placed upon the shield of Athena, known as …
Pegasus - Mythopedia
网页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, Pegasus was born from her blood, together with the Giant Chrysaor. Poseidon was usually named as the father of both creatures, even if the mechanics of his paternity were …
Graeae - Mythopedia
网页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, Perseus had been sent to kill Medusa, the only Gorgon who was mortal—a seemingly impossible task, as Medusa’s gaze turned all who looked upon her to stone.
Medea – Mythopedia
网页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 fell in love with Jason and sacrificed everything to help him.
Minerva – Mythopedia
网页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 that her mastery of the craft even exceeded that of Minerva. When Minerva heard of this boast, she transformed herself into an old woman and counseled Arachne to rescind her …
Andromeda - Mythopedia
网页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 boasts, Andromeda was rescued from death by Perseus, who took her back to Greece to be his queen.
Theseus – Mythopedia
网页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 proved that he was the son of Poseidon by diving into the sea and retrieving a ring that had been tossed into it by King Minos (Bacchylides, Ode 17).
Phorcys – Mythopedia
网页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 children—sometimes collectively known as the “Phorcides”—were …