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In a late version of the Medusa myth, by the Roman poet Ovid, [10] Medusa was originally a beautiful maiden, but when Neptune (the Roman equivalent of the Greek Poseidon) mated with her in Minerva's temple (Minerva being the Roman equivalent of the Greek Athena), Minerva punished Medusa by transforming her beautiful hair into horrible snakes ...
A Medusa type with a horse's head with snaky hair, ... In the Boeotian myth Poseidon is the water-god and Erinys is a goddess of the underworld. [40]
A variation of this story holds that they were formed from the mingling of Medusa's blood, pain, and sea foam, implying that Poseidon had involvement in their making. The last version bears resemblance to Hesiod 's account of the birth of Aphrodite from the foam created when the severed genitals of Uranus were cast into the sea by Cronus .
Medusa and her two immortal older sisters, Stheno and Euryale, were Gorgons, monsters with snakes for hair, sharp fangs and claws, wings of gold, and gazes that turned people to stone. Before setting out on his quest, Perseus prayed to the gods and Zeus answered by sending two of his other children – Hermes and Athena – to bless their half ...
Image credits: MoondyDSi Probably the best-known story about Medusa is about her death. A dishonorable king tasked Perseus, a mythological Greek hero, with bringing him an impossible gift: Medusa ...
Medusa; in the later versions, raped by Poseidon in Athena's temple. Metis; pursued and eventually raped by her cousin (and later husband) Zeus, resulting in the eventual birth of Athena. Nemesis; raped by Zeus, her first cousin once removed, who relentlessly pursued her, changing many forms.
This nuanced, kinder version of Medusa starts off with some version of good intentions when she meets Percy. She recognizes that like her, he struggles with feeling that Poseidon abandoned him.
In Greek mythology, Chrysaor (Ancient Greek: Χρυσάωρ, romanized: Khrysáor, gen. Χρυσάορος), "he who has a golden sword" (from χρυσός "golden" and ἄορ "sword"]) was the brother of the winged horse Pegasus, often depicted as a young man, the son of Poseidon and Medusa, born when Perseus decapitated the Gorgon Medusa.