Medusa (Greek myth)

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.^[10]

• 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.

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