Medusa
nom propreattesté dans les dialogues
- États-Unis//məˈduːsə//
- //mɪˈdjuːsə//
- //mɪˈdjuːzə//
The youngest and only mortal of the three gorgon sisters, killed by Perseus.
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The youngest and only mortal of the three gorgon sisters, killed by Perseus.
It will be suggested here that the myth of Perseus, involving the decapitation of Medusa, is a narrative version of ritual.
But 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 Metamorphoses, Perseus slays the sea monster with his sword instead of using Medusa’s head to petrify the monster.
Étymologie
From Middle English Medusa, Meduse, from Latin Medūsa, from Ancient Greek Μέδουσα (Médousa), from μέδω (médō, “rule over”).
Medusa · The youngest and only mortal of the three gorgon sisters, killed by Perseus.
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