In Greek mythology, Medusa (/mɪˈdjuːzə, -sə/; Ancient Greek: Μέδουσα means "guardian, protectress") may refer to the following personages:
- Medusa, one of the Gorgons.[1]
- Medusa, one of the Hesperides and the sister of Aegle, Hesperie and Arethusa.[2][3]
- Medusa, a Mycenaean princess as the daughter of King Sthenelus and Queen Nicippe (also called Antibia[4] or Archippe[5]), daughter of Pelops. She was the sister of Eurystheus and Alcyone.[6] Also called Astymedusa, she became the second wife of Oedipus after the death of Jocasta.[7]
- Medusa, a Trojan princess as daughter of King Priam.[8]
- Medusa, a princess of Iolcus as daughter of King Pelias and Queen Anaxibia, daughter of Bias.[9]
- Medusa, a resident of Pherae and daughter of Orsilochus.[10] She was probably the sister of Diocles[11] and Dorodoche, said by some to be the wife of Icarius.[12] Medusa married Polybus, king of Corinth and thus, adopted mother of Oedipus.[13]
Notes[edit]
- ^ Hesiod, Theogony 274
- ^ Fulgentius, Expositio Virgilianae continentiae secundum philosophos moralis
- ^ Ersch, Johann Samuel (1830). Allgemeine encyclopädie der wissenschaften und künste in alphabetischer folge von genannten schrifts bearbeitet und herausgegeben von J. S. Ersch und J. G. Gruber. p. 148 [1]
- ^ Scholia on Homer, Iliad 19.119
- ^ Tzetzes, Chiliades 2.172 & 195
- ^ Apollodorus, 2.4.5
- ^ The Scholia to Iliad 4.376 places the union following Oedipus' discovery that Jocasta was his mother; the marriage took place following Euryganeia's death according to the scholia to Euripides, Phoenissae 53 (citing Pherecydes, FGrHist 3 F 48).
- ^ Apollodorus, 3.12.5; Pausanias, 10.26.9; Hyginus, Fabulae 90
- ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 24
- ^ Scholia on Sophocles, Oedipus the King 775
- ^ Homer, Iliad 5.547; Odyssey, 3.489 = 15.187
- ^ Scholia on Odyssey 15.16
- ^ Scholia on Sophocles, Oedipus Rex 775
References[edit]
- Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Hesiod, Theogony from The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, MA.,Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- Homer, The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. ISBN 978-0674995796. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. ISBN 978-0198145318. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Homer, The Odyssey with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, PH.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1919. ISBN 978-0674995611. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. ISBN 0-674-99328-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Tzetzes, John, Book of Histories, Book II-IV translated by Gary Berkowitz from the original Greek of T. Kiessling's edition of 1826. Online version at theio.com
- Medusa Tattoo Meaning The story of Medusa begins with her being a beautiful woman, but after she is betrayed, she is turned into a monster.