This violation of the sanctity of her temple provoked Athena, and she changed the beautiful locks of Medusa, which had inspired the love of ...

Pegasus at the spring, Apulian red-figure vase C4th B.C., Tampa Museum of Art Pegasus is one of the best kn...

From Medusa's dead body the giant Chrysaor and the winged horse Pegasus, her son by Poseidon, sprang forth.  Chrysaor was often depict...

Medusa was killed by the hero Perseus with the help of Athena and Hermes. He killed her by cutting of her head and gave it to Athena, who pl...

  Poseidon on an Attic kalyx krater (detail), first half of the 5th century BC. Poseidon desecrated the temple of Athena by seducing t...

The handsome bowl atop this fancy stand in the Louvre (F874) is a dinos, a punch bowl that was filled with wine mixed with water an...

At the beginning of his quest for the head of Medusa, Perseus receives help from the goddess Athena, although at first he spurns her words o...

The Graeae were two, or some say three, ancient sea-daimones (spirits) who personified the white foam of the sea. They were grey from birt...

Euryale was the second eldest one of the Gorgons, three vicious sisters with brass hands, sharp fangs, and hair of living, venomous snakes. ...

Stheno in Greek mythology, was the eldest of the Gorgons, vicious female monsters with brass hands, sharp fangs and "hair" made of...

Before gargoyles protected the buildings of Europe, the fearsome Gorgons served a similar purpose. The Gorgons were monsters, whose faces tu...

Medusa was originally a ravishingly beautiful maiden, "the jealous aspiration of many suitors." Poseidon, the Lord of the Sea a...

Interview - S.D. Hines – Author of the Heroines of Classical Greece - Medusa I am always left in awe when I get the opportunity to l...