Rocketflip. In Greek mythology Medusa (Greek: Μέδουσα), ("guardian, protectress") was a Gorgon, a chthonic female monster, and a daughter of Phorcys and Ceto; Only Hyginus, interposes a generation and gives another chthonic pair as parents of Medusa; gazing directly upon her would turn onlookers to stone. She was beheaded by the hero Perseus, who thereafter used her head as a weapon until he gave it to the goddess Athena to place on her shield. In classical antiquity the image of the head of Medusa appeared in the evil-averting device known as the Gorgoneion. Perseus (Greek: Περσεύς), the legendary founder of Mycenae and of the Perseid dynasty there, was the first of the mythic heroes of Greek mythology whose exploits in defeating various archaic monsters provided the founding myths of the Twelve Olympians. Perseus was the Greek hero who killed the Gorgon Medusa, and claimed Andromeda, having rescued her from a sea monster sent by Poseidon in retribution for Queen Cassiopeia declaring herself more beautiful than the sea nymphs. ΕΛΛΑΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΑ ΜΥΘΟΛΟΓΙΑ ΠΕΡΣΕΑΣ ΠΗΓΑΣΟΣ ΜΕΔΟΥΣΑ ΓΟΡΓΩ ΓΟΡΓΟΝΕΙΟΝ ΑΘΗΝΑ ΠΟΣΕΙΔΩΝ ΔΙΑΣ HELLAS GREECE PERSEUS MEDUSA GORGO GORGONEIO GORGON ANDROMEDA CASSIOPEIA PERSEID DYNASTY MYCENAE PEGASUS ATHENA GREEK MYTHOLOGY POSEIDON ZEUS ~FAIR USE~ Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by <b>...</b>