The Year of the Snake is here and Kylie Padilla is dressed for the occasion. Ahead of the Chinese New Year, the Sparkle ...
Netizens are giving their stamp of approval on Kylie Padilla's latest “paandar” before the Chinese New Year celebration ...
An Augustan Roman marble copy of the head of Medusa. GLYPTOTHEK MUSEUM IN MUNICH In Ovid's Roman retelling of the Greek myth, ...
Portraits of Athena, the goddess of war ... Another popular one is tattoos of Medusa, the femme fatale, who went viral on TikTok as a symbol of strength for sexual abuse survivors.
Medusa was a Gorgon who had venomous snakes instead of hair. She could turn people to stone just by looking at them. Athena had not only told Perseus how to destroy the Gorgon, she had also given ...
With Athena guiding his hand, he beheaded Medusa, the only mortal Gorgon, and then fled. He gave the head to Athena, who affixed it in the center of her shield. (Apollod. 2.4.2-3) Heracles was the ...
Greek mythology has been creatively expanded to include stories written from the perspective of the story’s minor characters (often female). These versions turn the original myths upside-down to ...