medusa
Collocations
4ADJ.
turned
VERB + MEDUSA
killed, stared
MEDUSA + NOUN
andromeda, man, narrative, stone
ADV.
once, sexually
Definitions
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The youngest and only mortal of the three gorgon sisters, killed by Perseus.
1895, Adolf Furtwängler, Eugenie Strong (editor and translator), Masterpieces of Greek Sculpture: A Series of Essays on the History of Art, 2010, →ISBN, page 201, On an Attic vase of the middle of the fifth century the head of Medusa in the hand of Perseus is represented as that of a beautiful woman free from any distortion. This led us to conclude (supra, p. 158) that Medusa must have been so represented at Athens in the greater arts even previous to this vase, for the vase-painters never invent such bold novelties for themselves.
It will be suggested here that the myth of Perseus, involving the decapitation of Medusa, is a narrative version of ritual.
noun
A jellyfish; specifically, a non-polyp form of individual cnidarians, consisting of a gelatinous umbrella-shaped bell and trailing tentacles.
Typically, what we think of as the jellyfish, the medusa, reproduces sexually, spawning sperm and eggs which, once fertilised, turn into sea anemone-like polyps, which attach themselves to the jellyfish’s bottom or other surfaces.
Synonym of worm-star.
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61895, Adolf Furtwängler, Eugenie Strong (editor and translator), Masterpieces of Greek Sculpture: A Series of Essays on the History of Art, 2010, →ISBN, page 201, On an Attic vase of the middle of the
WiktionaryIt will be suggested here that the myth of Perseus, involving the decapitation of Medusa, is a narrative version of ritual.
WiktionaryBut their depictions of Perseus are remarkably different and demonstrate the ambiguity of Medusa that was seeping into Victorian iconography. In later, Roman versions of the myth, for example Ovid's M
WiktionaryTypically, what we think of as the jellyfish, the medusa, reproduces sexually, spawning sperm and eggs which, once fertilised, turn into sea anemone-like polyps, which attach themselves to the jellyfi
WiktionaryChristopher Columbus once stared at Medusa, and Medusa turned to stone.
Tatoeba · #553514Medusa turned a man into a stone with her stare.
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