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Revision as of 18:08, 5 January 2019
Medusa was the most famous incarnation of the Writhing Dread, and by extension, the gorgons, a type of hybrid beast created by the Isu as part of the Olympos Project. Medusa was originally a human but taken over by an Atlantis artifact known as the Prize of the Medusa, to act as a guardian for it in order to seal the Gates of Atlantis.[1]
In Greek mythology, she was described as having had hair composed of live venomous snakes, wings and a visage so monstrous that all who beheld it turned into stone. According to the myth, she was slain by the Mycenaean founder Perseus with a Sword of Eden,[2] which might have been a harpe.[3]
In Korinthia the story of Medusa inspired someone to carve a monumental statue of her grimacing head, known as the Cyclopean Head of Medusa, though later its creation was attributed to the Cyclopes.[3]
Trivia
- A rare heavy weapon acquired by the Medjay Bayek of Siwa in Cyrene in 47 BCE was named after Medusa, owing to her ferocity.[4]
Gallery
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Concept art of the Cyclopean Head of Medusa -
The Head with the Kephisos' Sanctuary Ruins behind
Appearances
- Assassin's Creed III: Liberation (mentioned only)
- Assassin's Creed: Origins (mentioned only)
- Assassin's Creed: Odyssey (statue only)
References