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¿Qué tipo de mito es Medusa y Perseo?
El mito de Medusa y Perseo es para muchos una metáfora del espanto y de cómo es posible salvarse de este mediante el arte. Para otros, representa un mito femenino, en el que la mujer ultrajada se convierte en algo monstruoso. Una imagen peligrosa que aterra y deja estupefacto a cualquiera que la contemple.
¿Que dios violó a Medusa?
Poseidón
Medusa significa guardiana o protectora en griego, y según Ovidio, poeta romano la describe como «una hermosa doncella, la única mortal de tres hermanas conocidas como gorgonas» (Su belleza cautivó la mirada del dios del mar, Poseidón, quien la violó en el templo sagrado de Atenas.
Is Medusa a real story?
The story of the real Medusa can, therefore, be seen as an allegorical retelling of the history of Bronze Age Greek religion. The Hellenic Greeks, embodied by Perseus, went to the shrines of a non-Greek goddess, the cave of Gorgons, and took the masks of the priestesses that symbolized the religion’s power as their own.
What is the real story of Medusa?
What is the real story behind Medusa? The snake-haired Medusa does not become widespread until the first century B.C. The Roman author Ovid describes the mortal Medusa as a beautiful maiden seduced by Poseidon in a temple of Athena. Such a sacrilege attracted the goddess’ wrath, and she punished Medusa by turning her hair to snakes.
What was Medusa’s special powers?
Gorgon Petrification: If someone looks into Medusa’s eyes,they turn to stone.
What did Medusa do wrong?
What did Medusa do wrong? She was lovely, according to the poem—until she was raped in Athena’s temple by Poseidon. Athena then punished her for this violation, by turning her into the monstrous, stony-glanced creature that we know. Yes: punished for being raped. In classical sources, in fact, she’s not always monstrous. Is Medusa still alive?