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To most people, Medusa is known as a snake-haired figure in Greek mythology who could turn those who crossed her path into stone. But to others, Medusa is an individual whose story holds a much ...
Pietrucha’s new book gives Medusa a voice, ... and subsequently the goddess Athena punished her by turning her into a monstrous Gorgon with hair of snakes and a gaze that turns men into stone.
According to Greek mythology, Medusa was a young and beautiful woman who served as a virgin priestess of the goddess of war and wisdom, Athena. One day, her beauty caught the attention of Poseidon ...
In Greek mythology, Medusa is a complex and often misunderstood character. She was one of the three Gorgon sisters, born to the ancient marine deities, Phorcys and Ceto.
In Ovid’s telling, Medusa wasn’t born a monster, but was turned into one as punishment by the goddess Athena, after Medusa was raped by the sea-god Poseidon in Athena’s temple.
Greek mythology is a pillar of both Accademia coursework and this middle grade saga, but the novel is most inventive when Marsh (a 2023 National Book Award finalist for “The Lost Year”) finds ...
Caravaggio’s depiction of this famous chapter from Greek mythology continues to be the main visual reference of Medusa, the ill-fated woman who was cursed by the goddess Athena after she was ...
This year, 10 North Pocono students earned awards on the Medusa Mythology Exam, an international competition for mythology enthusiasts. The 2025 exam theme was “Charting a Heroic Course.” ...