Mar 11, 2023 · Medusa’s Head. After killing Medusa, Perseus used her severed head as a weapon, turning many of his enemies to stone. In Libya, he used Medusa’s head to kill the …

Jul 3, 2023 · 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 …

Mar 8, 2023 · This head famously turned all who looked upon it to stone. There were a number of different traditions surrounding the Gorgons in antiquity, in art as well as literature. For …

Dec 9, 2022 · Inspired by Roman antiquities, this 18th century Minerva wears a floor-length chiton and an aegis fixed with a Medusa head thought to ward off evil. She carries a shield and …

Jan 18, 2023 · There are different versions of what Perseus needed from the Graeae. In one version—probably the more familiar one—the hero needed to locate a group of nymphs who …

Mar 24, 2023 · 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 …

Mar 11, 2023 · In his rage, Perseus used Medusa’s head to transform Atlas into a stony mountain range—the Atlas mountains. Ovid described this scene in vivid detail: Ovid described this …

Nov 29, 2022 · This “colossal” statue of Mars from the second century CE depicts Mars in one of his common incarnations—a wizened male in full battle gear. Bearing his trademark shield and …

Oct 4, 2023 · Danae, daughter of Acrisius, was a princess of Argos who was imprisoned by her own father. After Zeus seduced her as a shower of gold dust, she gave birth to the hero …

Sep 6, 2023 · Gorgon head on terracotta tile from Tarentum in South Italy (c. 540 BC) The Metropolitan Museum of Art Public Domain. Other sources swelled the ranks of Phorcys’ …