Inside The Myth Of The Elusive Monster Today ... much like how the Gorgon Medusa was specifically named in Greek myths. In the Norse Völsung Cycle, a series of myths and legends surrounding ...

So it is that Perseus finds himself agreeing to find and defeat the Gorgon - a monster called Medusa - a task that Polydectes believes to be impossible, since the Oracle has also prophesied that ...

Watch the video below to find out how another famous Greek hero, Perseus, killed a monster called Medusa. Medusa was a Gorgon who had venomous snakes instead of hair. She could turn people to ...

The myth of whiteness in classical sculpture In ancient times, when approaching the Temple of Aphaia on the Greek island of Aegina, one would have seen a sculpture of a young archer, painted in ...