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👤 Medousa (Gorgon)

  • Information:
    gorgon
  • Daughter of:
    👤 Ceto (d. of Pontos) 👤 Phorcos
  • Mother of:
    👤 Chrysaor 👤 Pegasos (horse)
  • Has children with:
    👤 Poseidon
  • Belongs to:
    👥 the Gorgons
  • Ruler of:
    🌍 River Triton (Libya)
  • Dies at:
    🌍 Libya (region) 🌍 River Oceanos 🌍 River Triton (Libya)
  • Killed by:
    🏺 the Shield of Perseus🏺 the Sickle of Perseus👤 Perseus (Argive)
  • Body parts:
    🏺 the Blood of Medousa🏺 the Hair of Medousa🏺 the Head of Medousa
  • Related Entities:
    the Temple of Zeus (Olympia) the Throne of Apollo (Amyclai) 🌍 Cerne (unlocatable) 🌍 Ethiopia 🌍 Libya (region) 🌍 River Oceanos 🌍 River Triton (Libya) 🌍 Seriphos (island) 🌍 Sparta 🌍 Tanagra (Boiotia) 🌍 the Acropolis of Athens🌍 the Underworld 🏛️ the Cult Statue of Asclepios (Epidauros) 🏛️ the Temple of Athena Poliouchos (Sparta) 🏺 the Bag of Perseus 🏺 the Blood of Medousa🏺 the Cap of Hades 🏺 the Hair of Medousa🏺 the Head of Medousa 🏺 the Shield of Perseus🏺 the Sickle of Perseus🏺 the Winged Sandals 👤 Alcyone (Atlantid) 👤 Amymone 👤 Athena 👤 Calyce 👤 Celaino (Atlantid) 👤 Ceto (d. of Pontos) 👤 Chrysaor 👤 Euryale (Gorgon) 👤 Heracles 👤 Hermes 👤 Iphimedeia 👤 Laodice (lover of Poseidon)👤 Lapetheia 👤 Mecionice 👤 Meleagros 👤 Methone 👤 Pegasos (horse) 👤 Peirithous (Lapith) 👤 Perseus (Argive) 👤 Phorcos 👤 Polyboia 👤 Polydectes (Seriphian) 👤 Poseidon 👤 Stheno (Gorgon)👤 Tyro 👥 the Gorgons👥 the Graiai
  • Appears in:
    Apollodoros, Library 1.2.6Apollodoros, Library 2.3.2Apollodoros, Library 2.4.2Apollodoros, Library 2.4.2-2.4.3Apollodoros, Library 2.4.3Apollodoros, Library 2.5.12Euripides, Alcestis 1117-1160Euripides, Phoenician Women 452-495Heracleitos, On Unbelievable Stories 1Hesiod, Aigimius fr. 233 MostHesiod, Ehoiai fr. 157 MostHesiod, Shield of Heracles 216-237Hesiod, Theogony 270-279Hesiod, Theogony 277-286Palaiphatos, On Unbelievable Stories 31Pausanias 1.23.7Pausanias 2.21.5-2.21.6Pausanias 2.27.2Pausanias 3.17.2-3.17.3Pausanias 3.18.11Pausanias 5.10.4Ps-Plutarch, On Rivers 18
  • Mentioned in Text:
    Apollodoros, LibraryEuripides, AlcestisEuripides, Phoenician WomenHeracleitos, On Unbelievable StoriesHesiod, AigimiusHesiod, EhoiaiHesiod, Shield of HeraclesHesiod, TheogonyPalaiphatos, On Unbelievable StoriesPausaniasPs-Plutarch, On Rivers
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