This is the Gorgon Medusa one of the most frequently repeated motifs in Greek and later in Roman art.

Roman name for medusa. The name Medusa itself actually came from the Romans. 31 rows Son of Jupiter and Danae. Having killed her Perseus kept her head and used it as a weapon.

The Greek Medousa was translated to Latin the Romans native tongue and became Medusa. In fact the name Medusa comes from an ancient Greek verb meaning to guard or protect Archaeologists Unearth Marble Head of Medusa at Roman Ruins in Turkey Huge UK Archaeology Excavations Project Unearths Prehistoric Roman Anglo-Saxon and Medieval Sites. She was born on an island named Sarpedon which is thought to be somewhere in the general area of Cisthene and was known to have been one of the Gorgon sisters.

We meet her on sites or in museums on virtually all of our European tours often repeatedly carved from stone fashioned from clay or metal or painted onto walls or vases. She was so hideous that anyone who gazed upon her was turned to stone so the hero Perseus had to look using the reflection in his shield in order to slay her. Gaia is said to be the mother of all Gorgon sisters while Forcis is the father.

Medusa was the only one of the Gorgon sisters to be mortal. God of the sea. The name Gorgon comes from the word gorgos which in Greek means horrible.

Her name was the same but in latin it was rondanini. Medusa head Brading Roman Villa Isle of Wight UK. Medusa was the only one amongst the Gorgon sisters who was mortal although how she could be the only mortal daughter born to immortal beings isnt clearly explained.

Although her story in ancient Rome was the same as what was classically spread across Greece she was just as popular in Roman. Additional facts and information about the mythology and legends of individual gods and goddesses of these ancient civilizations can be accessed via the following links. What is Poseidons Roman Name.