TaylorS

//Medusa (also meaning "queen") is a monster from Greek mythology. She is knwown for turning people into stone, if they ever come in eye contact. Medusa has two other sisters but unlike her they are immortal and she is mortal. Her sisters names are Euryale and Stheno. They all are the daughters of Phorcys and Keto, who are the ancient marine deities. All three Gorgon sisters have brass hands, sharp fangs, and hair that is made out of snakes. // 

//Medusa was a mortal woman which whom Athena changed into a Gorgon as a punishment for disrespecting her temple by sleeping with [|//Poseidon//]. A lot of people said that she got raped but other people said she willingly had intercourse with Poseidon in Athena's sanctuary. Medusa has two children by Poseidon named Pegasus and Chrysaor. Before Medusa was killed, Athena's jealousy provoked him to turn Medusa from a beautiful woman to a gorgon monster. Medusa was later killed by Perseus with help from Athena and Hermes. After Perseus used Medusa's head to kill Phineas, he later gave it to Athena to place it on her shield.//

//The other gods/ heros that medusa came across was (the Argosian king) Acrisius, Zeus, Polydectes,// //Hermes////, Poseidon,// [|//Danae,//] //Perseus, and many others.//



There were seldom weapons medusa and others used for good and harmful ways, medusa’s blood, which created posionus serpents which became strings of hair and made people out of stone.

//Words asscoiated with medusa are love, sexuality, ugliness, stars and planets.//

//The reference book I used for information was “Goddesses in the world mythology” by martha ann dorothy myers imel.//



THE HEAD OF MEDUSA IS PRESENTED ON A FLAG IN [|SICILY] TO SHOW THE PROTECTION OF THE GORGON GODESSES.

MY OPINION ABOUT MEDUSA IS THAT SHE IS INTERESTING, BUT I DO NOT RESPECT HER BECAUSE SHE SLEPT WITH A MAN IN ATHENA’S SANCTUARY. SHE COULD HAVE DID THAT WITH SOME WHERE ELSE. I WOULD BE FRIEDNS WITH HER FOR THE FACT THAT SHE KILLS/ TURNS EVERYONE INTO STONE AT ANY KIND OF EYE CONTACT. The qualities I do respect of medusa is that now that she turned into a gorgon monster, if she get into anything bad she would be able to deffend her self and not needing no one else. The qualities I do not repsect of medusa is that everytime some one looks at her she turns them into stone and by that, it tells you that she doesn’t like the way she look but as far as it dnt have to go she do not have to turn them into stone. And that is my opinion.

