Myth Madness
Myths from around the world with some history on the people and civilizations that told them.
Myth Madness
Medusa – What The Ancient Greeks Thought About Gorgons
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Nathan Rutherford
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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The focus of this episode (38) is the Gorgon Perseus killed two episodes back. In that story, the Gorgon Medusa was presented as a threatening monster. In this episode I drill down a bit more into the mythology of Medusa and how conceptions of the Gorgons changed over time, discussing what’s said in different literary sources and how the they appear in art.