Μέδουσα

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In Greek mythology, Medusa (/mɪˈdjuːzə, -sə/; Ancient Greek: Μέδουσα "guardian, protectress") also called Gorgo, was one of the three monstrous Gorgons, generally described as winged human females with living venomous snakes in place of hair. Those who gazed into her eyes would turn to stone. Most sources describe her as the daughter of Phorcys and Ceto, although the author Hyginus makes her the daughter of Gorgon and Ceto.

Medusa was beheaded by the Greek hero Perseus, who thereafter used her head, which retained its ability to turn onlookers to stone, as a weapon until he gave it to the goddess Athena to place on her shield. In classical antiquity the image of the head of Medusa appeared in the evil-averting device known as the Gorgoneion.

According to Hesiod and Aeschylus, she lived and died on an island named Sarpedon, somewhere near Cisthene. The 2nd-century BC novelist Dionysios Skytobrachion puts her somewhere in Libya, where Herodotus had said the Berbers originated her myth, as part of their religion.

Greek Monolingual

η (Α Μέδουσα, -ης)
τέρας της ελληνικής μυθολογίας, μια από τις τρεις Γοργόνες, της οποίας το κεφάλι και ιδίως το βλέμμα είχε απολιθωτική δύναμη εναντίον εκείνου που το αντίκρυζε
νεοελλ.
φρ. «Μέδουσας κεφαλή»
ιατρ. διεύρυνση και οφιοειδής πορεία τών περιομφαλικών φλεβών του κοιλιακού τοιχώματος κατά την κίρρωση του ήπατος.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛΟΓΙΑ Ουσιαστικοποιημένος τ. της μτχ. ενεστ. του μέδω].

Russian (Dvoretsky)

Μέδουσα: дор. Μέδοισα ἡ [part. praes. к μέδω Медуза (одна из трех сестер Горгон) Hes., Pind. etc.

Translations

af: Medusa; ar: ميدوسا; ast: Medusa; az: Qorqona Meduza; ba: Медуза горгона; be: Гаргона Медуза; bg: Медуза; bn: মেডুসা; br: Medousa; bs: Meduza; ca: Medusa; co: Medusa; cs: Medúsa; cy: Medwsa; da: Medusa; de: Medusa; el: Μέδουσα; en: Medusa; eo: Meduzo; es: Medusa; eu: Medusa; fa: مدوسا; fi: Medusa; fr: Méduse; ga: Meadúsa; gl: Medusa; got: 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍃𐌰; he: מדוזה; hr: Meduza; hu: Medusa; hy: Գորգոն Մեդուզա; id: Medusa; io: Meduzo; is: Medúsa; it: Medusa; ja: メドゥーサ; ka: მედუზა; kk: Горгона Медуза; ko: 메두사; la: Medusa; lo: ເມດູສາ; lt: Medūza; lv: Medūza; mk: Медуза; ml: മെഡൂസ; ms: Medusa; my: မက်ဒူဆာ; nl: Medusa; no: Medusa; oc: Medusa; pa: ਮੈਡੂਸਾ; pl: Meduza; pt: Medusa; ro: Medusa; ru: Горгона Медуза; sco: Medusa; sh: Meduza; simple: Medusa; si: මෙඩූසා; sk: Medúza; sl: Meduza; sq: Medusa; sr: Медуза; sv: Medusa; sw: Madusa; ta: மெடூசா; th: เมดูซา; tl: Medusa; tr: Medusa; tt: Медуза Горгона; uk: Медуза; vi: Medusa; war: Medusa; wuu: 美杜莎; zh_yue: 美杜莎; zh: 美杜莎