Medusa
c. 700 BCE – 400 CEattested
Libya in Greek tradition
- Greek
The only mortal Gorgon, whose gaze turned living things to stone. Perseus killed her by looking at her reflection, and from her severed neck sprang Pegasus.
Known for
- the petrifying gaze
- killed by reflection
- mother of Pegasus
Dates are estimates. A great deal of what this atlas covers is only datable to within a century.