Head Of Medusa Attic Stone

Her two sisters pursued him but could not catch him for the cap of hades made him invisible.
Head of medusa attic stone. She is killed by the hero perseus who cuts off her head. In modern culture she represents vital sensuality and a power that is threatening to males. The gorgoneion was a pervasive image in temple decoration of the archaic period ca. Before his return to his home of seriphos perseus met the titan altas who he turned to stone with medusa s head after some quarrelsome words thus creating the atlas mountains of north africa.
With the help of a magic cap and winged shoes given to him by athena perseus became invisible and flew to the place where the three sisters were asleep. According to another account perseus buried it in the marketplace of argos. He returned to seriphos and displayed the head to polydektes and his people who were immediately turned to stone. The ancient relic was discovered in the 2 000 year old archaeological ruins of antiochia ad cragum on mount cragus in anatolia turkey.
Medusa head planter solid stone roman goddess face planter. He later used her head as a weapon to turn enemies to stone. Cement concrete outdoor garden flower pot art. Attic red figured vase of which a detail is shown on the preceding page the beholder to stone cut off the head of me dusa the mortal one.
Perseus flying away with the head of medusa while pegasos springs from her severed neck. The inclusion of medusa in the center implies the protection of the goddess athena who wore the gorgon s likeness on her aegis as said above. In ancient greek mythology medusa is a gorgon one of three hideous sisters whose appearance turns men to stone. The head of medusa is featured on some regional symbols.
To the greeks medusa is the leader of an ancient older matriarchal religion that had to be obliterated. 5 out of 5 stars 851 851 reviews 179 99 free shipping only 1 available and it s in 18 people s carts. He was able to defeat the gorgon by lopping off her head which he was able to do by fighting her reflection in his highly polished shield. The severed head which had the power of turning into stone all who looked upon it was given to athena who placed it in her shield.
Perseus son of the god zeus and the human princess danae was given the task of beheading medusa one of the three gorgons whose faces were so horrible that seeing them turned men to stone. Also during the journey home medusa s head spilled some blood on the earth which formed into libyan vipers that killed the argonaut mospos. The term gorgoneion refers to the head and face of medusa which was used often as a decorative motif. The hero perseus was sent on a quest to kill medusa.
An image of medusa s head was placed on athena s own armor or shown on her shield. One example is that of the flag and emblem of sicily together with the three legged trinacria.