A 450–440 BCE red figure pelike container is among the earliest depictions of Medusa as an innocent maiden, with Perseus creeping up on the sleeping Gorgon. The Classical period of Greek art ...

“Medusa has become ... in tattoos among Greek mythology fans. Rose says some folks select Medusa, purely because they love the artistry or mythology behind it. “Art isn’t a thing to ...

Both, in turn, are based on a version of a Greek myth relayed in Ovid ... In Cellini’s sculpture, Perseus stands naked atop of Medusa’s corpse, holding her head aloft in victory.

In the show, Karaglou united more than 60 depictions of Medusa’s face. Sculptures of the monster from the archaic Greek period, roughly 700 to 480 B.C., are mostly androgynous figures.

Medusa is a prominent figure in Greek mythology. In one story from Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Neptune sexually assaulted and impregnated Medusa in a shrine to Minerva. Then, the goddess punished ...

A seven-foot sculpture of Medusa that overturns the ancient Greek myth, depicting the gorgon as an avenging victim of sexual assault holding the head of Perseus, is due to be unveiled in New York ...

Set for a release this fall, the book is, Gray told People magazine this week, “a villain origin story” of the much-maligned snake-crowned Gorgon of Greek myth. On one hand, “I, Medusa” is ...