Medusa
 {{Infobox deity|type=Greek|name=Medusa|image=Gorgona pushkin.jpg|alt=|caption=Classical Greek ''[[gorgoneion]]'' featuring the head of Medusa; fourth century BC|god_of=|abode=|parents=[[Phorcys]] and [[Ceto]]|siblings=[[The Hesperides]], [[Sthenno]], [[Euryale (Gorgon)|Euryale]], [[The Graeae]], [[Thoosa]], [[Scylla]], and [[Ladon (mythology)|Ladon]]|consort=[[Poseidon]]|children=[[Pegasus]] and [[Chrysaor]]|mount=|Roman_equivalent=}}

Sa mitolohiyang Griyego, ang Medusa (/mɪˈdjuːzə, -sə/; Sinaunang Griyego: Μέδουσα, romanisado: Médousa, lit. 'guardian, protectress'), tinatawag ding Gorgo (Ancient Greek: Γοργώ) o ang Gorgon, saro sa tulong Gorgon . Si  Medusa karaniwang inihahawig  bilang sarong babae na may buhay na ahas sa saiyang buhok; ang saiyang hitsura  naraot na ang siisay man na mag hiling sa saiya ga giging gapo.  Si Medusa saka ang saiyang mga tugang na Gorgon na sinda  Euryale asin Stheno na karaniwang inimumustra  bilang mga aki nina [[Phorcys]] at [[Ceto]]; sa tatlo, si Medusa lang ang mortal.


[[Ladawan:Centre_Close_Up_of_the_West_Pediment_from_the_Temple_of_Artemis_in_Corfu.jpg|wala|thumb|Sarong archaic Medusa na sulot an paha kan magkakaputol na halas, simbolo nin pagkamainaki, siring sa ipinaheheling sa solnopan na pedimento kan Templo ni [[Artemis]] sa isla nin Corcyra]]
[[Ladawan:Seleukos_I_Nikator_Æ_750607.jpg|wala|thumb|Mga kapinsanan kan pagreynar ni Seleucus I Napitor kan Syria (3112-280 BC) ]]
Ang tolong Gorgon—Medusa, Stheno, saka Euryale—ang imimustra  i nina [[:en:Hesiod|Hesiod]] at [[:en:Bibliotheca_(Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]] bilang mga supling kan  diyos-dagat na si [[Phorcys]] saka an saiyang tugang  na si [[:en:Ceto|Ceto]]; <ref>[[Hesiod]], ''[[Theogony]]'' http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-eng1:270-303 270&#x2013;7]; [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0548.tlg001.perseus-eng1:1.2.6 1.2.6].</ref>sigun ki [[Hyginus]], ang saiyang mga magurang na  "Gorgon" asin Ceto. Ang saindang mga kag arakian na ibang tugang na babayi, ang [[:en:Graeae|Graeae]], arog kan sa [[:en:Aeschylus|Aeschylus]]'s ''[[:en:Prometheus_Bound|Prometheus Bound]]'', na naglalaag sa mag kaibang tolong magturugang na harayo sa harayong  kabisto sa pag kagadan ni Kisthene. <blockquote>Harani sa sainda an tolo nindang tugang na babae, an mga Gorgon, naghirigbang nin may darang halas huli sa grabe kadakulang pagkaongis sa magagadanon na tawo<ref>[[Aeschylus]], ''[[Prometheus Bound]]'' 793–799; Edited and Translated by Alan H. Sommerstein. </ref></blockquote>Mantang an suanoy na Griegong mga vase-painter asin paragastos nag - imahinar sa Medusa asin sa saiyang mga tugang na babae bilang may pormang morostro, pinonan siang imahinaron kan mga eskultor asin plorera kan ikalimang siglo BC siring man sia kawilihan. Sa sarong ode na sinurat kan 490 BC, si [[:en:Pindar|Pindar]]<nowiki/>nagtataram na nin "fair-cheeked Medusa".<ref>(Pythian Ode 12). </ref>

Sa sarong huring bersyon kan osipon ni Medusa, kan Romanong poeta na si [[:en:Ovid|Ovid]],<ref>[[Ovid]], ''[[Metamorphoses]]'' [https://www.loebclassics.com/view/ovid-metamorphoses/1916/pb_LCL042.235.xml 4.794–803].</ref> Si Moduda orihinal na magayon na daraga, alagad kan an [[:en:Neptune_(mythology)|Neptune]]<nowiki/>an katumbas sa Roma kan Griegong [[:en:Poseidon|Poseidon]]) kinakapotan nin agom nia sa templo ni [[:en:Minerva|Minerva]] (si Minerva iyo an katimbang kan mga halas na Roman kan Griegong [[Athena|Atena]]),<ref>[[Ovid]], ''[[Metamorphoses]]'' 4.798: "the Sovereign of the Sea attained her love in chaste Minerva's temple" ([http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:latinLit:phi0959.phi006.perseus-eng1:4.706 Brookes More translation]) or "in Minerva’s temple Neptune, lord of the Ocean, ravished her" ([https://www.loebclassics.com/view/ovid-metamorphoses/1916/pb_LCL042.235.xml Frank Justus Miller translation, as revised by G. P. Goold]) Whether Ovid means that Medusa was a willing participant is unclear. </ref> pinadusahan ni Minaverva si Foda paagi sa paggibo kan saiyang magagayon na buhok na magin makatatakot na marhay na mga halas. Minsan ngani mayo nin nasambitan na naenot na mga bersion, an suanoy na paglaladawan sa Medusa bilang magayon na daraga imbes na makatatakot na paramonera patienot nang itinalaga si Ovid. Sa klasikong arte sa Griego, an paglaladawan ki Medusa buminalyo hale sa magayon na hayop pasiring sa sarong nakaaakit na hoben na babae, kapwa gagressor asin biktima, nin makaturotristeng tawo kan sia magadan.[12] An kaenot - enote sa mga paglaladawan na iyan iyo an kortesiya ni Polygnoto, na nagparani ki Medusa bilang babaeng magayon natotorog nin matoninong mantang si Perseus pinugotan sia.[12][13] Mantang an akto nin paggadan sa sarong magayon na daragang torogan nia medyo bakong teokratiko, malinaw kun baga katuyohan kan mga minababa tanganing pukawon an simpatiya para sa kapaladan ni Medusa, o olog - ologon an tradisyonal na eroe.[14]<gallery>
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Ladawan:Epouvantail_pour_les_ennemis_de_la_France_Fleisch.jpg|alt=Medusa image in a historical caricature of the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution|Ang iimahen ni Medusa sartong masaysan na karikang Paghade ay Teror dur duranteRebolusyon na mga Prano
</gallery>{{Columns-list|*''[[Acanthemblemaria medusa]]'' <small>[[Smith-Vaniz]] & [[Palacio]] 1974</small>
*''[[Apodochondria medusae]]'' <small>[[Ju Shey Ho|Ho]] & [[Dojiri]] 1988</small>
*''[[Archimonocelis medusa]]'' <small>[[Curini-Galletti]] & [[Cannon (surname)|Cannon]] 1997</small>
*''[[Atractus|Atractus medusa]]'' <small>[[Paulo Passos|Passos]] et al. 2009</small><ref name=Beolens>Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). "Medusa", p. 175 in ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}.</ref>
*''[[Australomedusa]]'' <small>[[Frederick Stratten Russell|Russell]] 1970</small>
*''[[Boeromedusa]]'' <small>[[Jean Bouillon|Bouillon]] 1995</small>
*''[[Bothrops medusa]]'' <small>[[Richard Sternfeld|Sternfeld]] 1920</small><ref name=Beolens />
*''[[Caput medusae]]''
*''[[Cardiodectes medusaeus]]'' <small>[[Charles Branch Wilson|Wilson C.B.]] 1908</small>
*''[[Chama oomedusae]]'' <small>[[Matsukuma]] 1996</small>
*''[[Cirratulus medusa]]'' <small>[[Johnston (surname)#People with the surname Johnston|Johnston]] 1833</small>
*''[[Coronamedusae]]''
*''[[Csiromedusa]]'' <small>[[Lisa-ann Gershwin|Gershwin]] & [[Zeidler]] 2010</small>
*''[[Csiromedusa medeopolis]]'' <small>[[Lisa-ann Gershwin|Gershwin]] & [[Zeidler]] 2010</small>
*''[[Discomedusa lobata]]'' <small>[[Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Claus|Claus]] 1877</small>
*[[Discomedusae]]
*''[[Eustomias medusa]]'' <small>[[Robert Henry Gibbs|Gibbs]], [[Clarke#People with the surname|Clarke]] & Gomon 1983</small>
*''[[Gorgonocephalus caputmedusae]]'' <small>[[Carl Linnaeus|L.]] 1758</small>
*''[[Gyrocotyle medusarum]]'' <small>[[Otto Friedrich Bernhard von Linstow|von Linstow]] 1903 ([[Species inquirenda|taxon inquirendum]])</small>
*''[[Halimedusa]]'' <small>[[Henry Bryant Bigelow|Bigelow]] 1916</small>
*''[[Halimedusa typus]]'' <small>[[Henry Bryant Bigelow|Bigelow]] 1916</small>
*''[[Heteronema medusae]]'' <small>[[Skvortzov]] 1957</small>
*''[[Hoplopleon medusarum]]'' <small>[[Keppel Harcourt Barnard|K.H. Barnard]] 1932</small>
*''[[Hyperia medusarum]]'' <small>[[Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller|Müller]] 1776</small>
*''[[Hyperoche medusarum]]'' <small>[[Henrik Nikolai Krøyer|Krøyer]] 1838</small>
*''[[Leptogorgia medusa]]'' <small>[[Frederick Bayer|Bayer]] 1952</small>
*''[[Lilyopsis medusa]]'' <small>[[Metschnikoff]] & [[Metschnikoff]] 1871</small>
*[[Limnomedusae]]
*''[[Loimia medusa]]'' <small>[[Marie Jules César Savigny|Savigny]] in [[Jean-Baptiste Lamarck|Lamarck]] 1818</small>
*''[[Loimia medusa angustescutata]]'' <small>[[Arthur Willey|Willey]] 1905</small>
*''[[Lulworthia medusa]]'' <small>([[Max Mapes Ellis|Ellis]] & [[Benjamin Matlack Everhart|Everh.]]) [[Cribb (surname)|Cribb]] & [[Joan Cribb|J.W. Cribb]] 1955</small>
*''[[Lulworthia medusa var. biscaynia]]'' <small>[[Meyers]] 1957</small>
*''[[Lulworthia medusa var. medusa]]'' <small>([[Max Mapes Ellis|Ellis]] & [[Benjamin Matlack Everhart|Everh.]]) [[Cribb (surname)|Cribb]] & [[Joan Cribb|J.W. Cribb]] 1955</small>
*''[[Magnippe caputmedusae]]'' <small>[[Stock (surname)#People|Stock]] 1978</small>
*''Medusa'' <small>[[João de Loureiro|Loureiro]] 1790</small>
*''[[Medusablennius]]'' <small>[[Victor G. Springer|Springer]] 1966</small>
*''[[Medusaceratops]]'' <small>[[Michael J. Ryan (paleontologist)|Ryan]], [[Anthony Russell (paleontologist)|Russell]] & [[Scott Hartman|Hartman]] 2010</small>
*''[[Medusafissurella]]'' <small>[[James Hamilton McLean|McLean]] & [[Richard Kilburn|Kilburn]] 1986</small>
*''[[Medusafissurella chemnitzii]]'' <small>[[George Brettingham Sowerby I|G. B. Sowerby I]] 1835</small>
*''[[Medusafissurella dubia]]'' <small>[[Lovell Augustus Reeve|Reeve]] 1849</small>
*''[[Medusafissurella melvilli]]'' <small>[[George Brettingham Sowerby III|G. B. Sowerby III]] 1882</small>
*''[[Medusafissurella salebrosa]]'' <small>[[Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller|Reeve]] 1850</small>
*''[[Mesacanthoides caputmedusae]]'' <small>([[Hjalmar Ditlevsen|Ditlevsen]] 1918) [[W. Wieser|Wieser]] 1959</small>
*''[[Myxaster medusa]]'' <small>[[W. K. Fisher|Fisher]] 1913</small>
*[[Narcomedusae]]
*''[[Ophioplinthus medusa]]'' <small>[[Theodore Lyman (zoologist)|Lyman]] 1878</small>
*''[[Phallomedusa]]'' <small>[[Rosemary E. Golding|Golding]], [[Winston Ponder|Ponder]] & [[Maria Byrne (malacologist)|Byrne]] 2007</small>
*''[[Phallomedusa austrina]]'' <small>[[Rosemary E. Golding|Golding]], [[Winston Ponder|Ponder]] & [[Maria Byrne (malacologist)|Byrne]] 2007</small>
*''[[Phallomedusa solida]]'' <small>[[Eduard von Martens|Martens]] 1878</small>
*''[[Phascolion medusae]]'' <small>[[Cutler (surname)#Engineering.2C science.2C mathematics and medicine|Cutler]] & [[Cutler (surname)#Engineering.2C science.2C mathematics and medicine|Cutler]] 1980</small>
*''[[Philomedusa (cnidarian)|Philomedusa]]''
*''[[Philomedusa vogtii]]'' <small>[[Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller|Müller]] 1860</small>
*''[[Polycirrus medusa]]'' <small>[[Adolph Eduard Grube|Grube]] 1850</small>
*''[[Polycirrus medusa sakhalinensis]]'' <small>[[Galina Buzhinskaja|Buzhinskaja]] 1988</small>
*''[[Sarcomella medusa]]'' <small>[[Johannes Schmidt (biologist)|Schmidt]] 1868</small>
*''[[Stauromedusae]]''
*''[[Stellamedusa]]'' <small>[[Kevin Raskoff|Raskoff]] & [[George Matsumoto|Matsumoto]] 2004</small>
*''[[Stellamedusa ventana]]'' <small>[[Kevin Raskoff|Raskoff]] & [[George Matsumoto|Matsumoto]] 2004</small>
*''[[Stygiomedusa]]'' <small>[[Frederick Stratten Russell|Russell]] 1959</small>
*''[[Stygiomedusa gigantea]]'' <small>[[Edward T. Browne|Browne]] 1910</small>
*''[[Thylacodes medusae]]'' <small>[[Henry Augustus Pilsbry|Pilsbry]] 1891</small>
*''[[Trachymedusae]]''}}

== Modernong mga interpretasyon ==

=== Historiko ===
[[Ladawan:Medusa.jpg|thumb|''Medusa'' by Arnold Böcklin, {{Circa|1878}}]]
An nagkapirang naenot na mga iskolar sa klasiko ininterpretar an osipon ni Medusa bilang quasi-historikal - "sebladod o pigsulat gikan sa sarong pangyayari, kaugalian, istilo, asin iba pa, kan nakaagi", o "surupot" na memorya nin aktuwal na pagsakyada.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Greek Myths|last=Graves|first=Robert|publisher=Penguin Books|year=1955|isbn=0241952743|pages=17, 244|quote=A large part of Greek myth is politico-religious history. Bellerophon masters winged Pegasus and kills the Chimaera. Perseus, in a variant of the same legend, flies through the air and beheads Pegasus's mother, the Gorgon Medusa; much as Marduk, a Babylonian hero, kills the she-monster Tiamat, Goddess of the Seal. Perseus's name should properly be spelled Perseus, 'the destroyer'; and he was not, as Professor Kerenyi has suggested, an archetypal Death-figure but, probably, represented the patriarchal Hellenes who invaded Greece and Asia Minor early in the second millennium BC, and challenged the power of the Triple-goddess. Pegasus had been sacred to her because the horse with its moon-shaped hooves figured in the rain-making ceremonies and the installment of sacred kings; his wings were symbolical of a celestial nature, rather than speed.<br />Jane Harrison has pointed out (Prolegomena to the Study of Greek Religion) that Medusa was once the goddess herself, hiding behind a prophylactic Gorgon mask: a hideous face intended to warn the profane against trespassing on her Mysteries. Perseus beheads Medusa: that is, the Hellenes overran the goddess's chief shrines, stripped her priestesses of their Gorgon masks, and took possession of the sacred horses—an early representation of the goddess with a Gorgon's head and a mare's body has been found in Boeotia. Bellerophon, Perseus's double, kills the Lycian Chimaera: that is, the Hellenes annulled the ancient Medusan calendar, and replaced it with another.}}</ref><ref name="Harrison">{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/prolegomenatost01harrgoog|title=Prolegomena: To The Study Of Greek Religion|last=Ellen Harrison|first=Jane|date=June 5, 1991|publisher=Princeton University Press|isbn=0691015147|location=Princeton, New Jersey|pages=[https://archive.org/details/prolegomenatost01harrgoog/page/n169 187]–188|orig-year=1908}}</ref>

{{Columns-list|* [[Apotropaic magic#Apotropaic symbols|Apotropaic symbols]]
* [[Caput Medusae (disambiguation)|Caput Medusae]]
* [[Humbaba]]
* [[Medea]]
* [[Medusa complex]]
* [[Nāga]]
* [[Shahmaran]]
* [[Theodontius]]
* [[Tiamat]]|colwidth=22em}} 

== Toltolan ==
<references />
{{Tamboan}}
[[Ladawan:Me(dusa)too,_oil_on_canvas,_Judy_Takács,_2018.jpg|thumb|#Me (dusa) man...Panduwa ni Judy Takács, 2018]]
An istoryang Medusa piginterpretar man sa kontemporaryong arte bilang sarong klasikong kaso nin panlulugos-victiptismo, kan diyosesis. Pig-iinpikar kan paghirong #meto, kontemporaryong piguratibong pintor na si [[:en:Judy_Takács|Judy Takács]] nagbalik an gayon ni Medusa kaiba nin hashtag stigmata sa saiyang por pintura, #Me (duda) man.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://chickswithballsjudytakacs.blogspot.com/2018/09/medusatoo.html|title=#Me(dusa)too|last=Takács|first=Judy|date=September 30, 2018|website=chickswithballsjudytakacs.blogspot.com|access-date=February 25, 2020}}</ref>

Roma:

=== Mga Bandera asin emblema ===
Tinatampok pamayo kan Medusa sa pirang mga rehiyonal na simbolo. An sarong halimbawa iyo an sa bandera asin emblem kan [[:en:Sicily|Sicily]], kairiba an tolong-legidong ''t[[:en:Flag_of_Sicily|rinacria]]''.An kaibahan kan Medusa sa sentro minapirma kan proteksyon kan diyos na si [[Athena|Atena]], na nagsulot kan pagkaarog ni Gorgon sa saiyang aeges, siring kan sinabi sa itaas. An saro pang halimbawa iyo an gubing nin baryong [[:en:Dohalice|Dohalice]]<nowiki/>sa Republikang [[:en:Czech_Republic|Czech Republic]].

An Medusa tinatawan nin onra sa minasunod na sientipikong mga ngaran:<ref>WoRMS Editorial Board (2017). </ref>

== Sa popular na kultura ==

== Mga pinaghalian ==

=== Pangenot na mga reperensia sa osipon ===
Griego:

* Hesiod, Theogony, 270 (text) 
* Apolodoro, The Library, libro II, parte v, no. 2-3 (text) 
* Aeschylus, ''Prometheus Bound'', 790-801 (dresst) 

Roma:

* Ovid, Metamorphos iv. ''Metamoposes v. ''774-785, se90-801 (dresst) 

=== Naliwat ===
Griego:

* Homer, The Ilid, Book 5, fer 741 ([https://scaife-cts.perseus.org/api/cts?request=GetPassage&urn=urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-eng3:5.711 tekstotekstoteksto] 348 (ext); librong 11,pia 36 (dressxt) 
* Homer, The Odyssey, Libro 11, linyang 635 (tekst) 
* Euripides, ''Ion'', linya 1003-1023 (dresst) 
* Apolonio Rhodius, ''Argonautica'', libro 4, linya 1515 (text) 

* Publius "Virgil" Maro, ''Ateneo'' vi.289 (text) 
* Lucan, The Civil War, libro ix.624-684. ([https://scaife-cts.perseus.org/api/cts?request=GetPassage&urn=urn:cts:latinLit:phi0917.phi001.perseus-eng2:9.1 teksto]) 
* Valerisiu Flacus, ''Argonautica''

== Hilingon pa ==
Sa mitolohiyang Griyego, ang Medusa (/mɪˈdjuːzə, -sə/; Sinaunang Griyego: Μέδουσα, romanisado: Médousa, lit. 'guardian, protectress'), tinatawag ding Gorgo (Ancient Greek: Γοργώ) o ang Gorgon, saro sa tulong Gorgon . Si  Medusa karaniwang inihahawig  bilang sarong babae na may buhay na ahas sa saiyang buhok; ang saiyang hitsura  naraot na ang siisay man na mag hiling sa saiya ga giging gapo.  Si Medusa saka ang saiyang mga tugang na Gorgon na sinda  Euryale asin Stheno na karaniwang inimumustra  bilang mga aki nina Phorcys at Ceto; sa tatlo, si Medusa lang ang mortal.

wala|thumb|Sarong archaic Medusa na sulot an paha kan magkakaputol na halas, simbolo nin pagkamainaki, siring sa ipinaheheling sa solnopan na pedimento kan Templo ni Artemis sa isla nin Corcyra
wala|thumb|Mga kapinsanan kan pagreynar ni Seleucus I Napitor kan Syria (3112-280 BC) 
Ang tolong Gorgon—Medusa, Stheno, saka Euryale—ang imimustra  i nina Hesiod at Apollodorus bilang mga supling kan  diyos-dagat na si Phorcys saka an saiyang tugang  na si Ceto; Hesiod, Theogony http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-eng1:270-303 270–7]; Apollodorus, 1.2.6.sigun ki Hyginus, ang saiyang mga magurang na  "Gorgon" asin Ceto. Ang saindang mga kag arakian na ibang tugang na babayi, ang Graeae, arog kan sa Aeschylus's Prometheus Bound, na naglalaag sa mag kaibang tolong magturugang na harayo sa harayong  kabisto sa pag kagadan ni Kisthene. Harani sa sainda an tolo nindang tugang na babae, an mga Gorgon, naghirigbang nin may darang halas huli sa grabe kadakulang pagkaongis sa magagadanon na tawoAeschylus, Prometheus Bound 793–799; Edited and Translated by Alan H. Sommerstein. Mantang an suanoy na Griegong mga vase-painter asin paragastos nag - imahinar sa Medusa asin sa saiyang mga tugang na babae bilang may pormang morostro, pinonan siang imahinaron kan mga eskultor asin plorera kan ikalimang siglo BC siring man sia kawilihan. Sa sarong ode na sinurat kan 490 BC, si Pindarnagtataram na nin "fair-cheeked Medusa".(Pythian Ode 12). 

Sa sarong huring bersyon kan osipon ni Medusa, kan Romanong poeta na si Ovid,Ovid, Metamorphoses 4.794–803. Si Moduda orihinal na magayon na daraga, alagad kan an Neptunean katumbas sa Roma kan Griegong Poseidon) kinakapotan nin agom nia sa templo ni Minerva (si Minerva iyo an katimbang kan mga halas na Roman kan Griegong Atena),Ovid, Metamorphoses 4.798: "the Sovereign of the Sea attained her love in chaste Minerva's temple" (Brookes More translation) or "in Minerva’s temple Neptune, lord of the Ocean, ravished her" (Frank Justus Miller translation, as revised by G. P. Goold) Whether Ovid means that Medusa was a willing participant is unclear.  pinadusahan ni Minaverva si Foda paagi sa paggibo kan saiyang magagayon na buhok na magin makatatakot na marhay na mga halas. Minsan ngani mayo nin nasambitan na naenot na mga bersion, an suanoy na paglaladawan sa Medusa bilang magayon na daraga imbes na makatatakot na paramonera patienot nang itinalaga si Ovid. Sa klasikong arte sa Griego, an paglaladawan ki Medusa buminalyo hale sa magayon na hayop pasiring sa sarong nakaaakit na hoben na babae, kapwa gagressor asin biktima, nin makaturotristeng tawo kan sia magadan.[12] An kaenot - enote sa mga paglaladawan na iyan iyo an kortesiya ni Polygnoto, na nagparani ki Medusa bilang babaeng magayon natotorog nin matoninong mantang si Perseus pinugotan sia.[12][13] Mantang an akto nin paggadan sa sarong magayon na daragang torogan nia medyo bakong teokratiko, malinaw kun baga katuyohan kan mga minababa tanganing pukawon an simpatiya para sa kapaladan ni Medusa, o olog - ologon an tradisyonal na eroe.[14]

 Modernong mga interpretasyon 

 Historiko 
thumb|Medusa by Arnold Böcklin, 
An nagkapirang naenot na mga iskolar sa klasiko ininterpretar an osipon ni Medusa bilang quasi-historikal - "sebladod o pigsulat gikan sa sarong pangyayari, kaugalian, istilo, asin iba pa, kan nakaagi", o "surupot" na memorya nin aktuwal na pagsakyada.

 

 Toltolan 

thumb|#Me (dusa) man...Panduwa ni Judy Takács, 2018
An istoryang Medusa piginterpretar man sa kontemporaryong arte bilang sarong klasikong kaso nin panlulugos-victiptismo, kan diyosesis. Pig-iinpikar kan paghirong #meto, kontemporaryong piguratibong pintor na si Judy Takács nagbalik an gayon ni Medusa kaiba nin hashtag stigmata sa saiyang por pintura, #Me (duda) man.

Roma:

 Mga Bandera asin emblema 
Tinatampok pamayo kan Medusa sa pirang mga rehiyonal na simbolo. An sarong halimbawa iyo an sa bandera asin emblem kan Sicily, kairiba an tolong-legidong trinacria.An kaibahan kan Medusa sa sentro minapirma kan proteksyon kan diyos na si Atena, na nagsulot kan pagkaarog ni Gorgon sa saiyang aeges, siring kan sinabi sa itaas. An saro pang halimbawa iyo an gubing nin baryong Dohalicesa Republikang Czech Republic.

An Medusa tinatawan nin onra sa minasunod na sientipikong mga ngaran:WoRMS Editorial Board (2017). 

 Sa popular na kultura 

 Mga pinaghalian 

 Pangenot na mga reperensia sa osipon 
Griego:

 Hesiod, Theogony, 270 (text) 
 Apolodoro, The Library, libro II, parte v, no. 2-3 (text) 
 Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound, 790-801 (dresst) 

Roma:

 Ovid, Metamorphos iv. Metamoposes v. 774-785, se90-801 (dresst) 

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Griego:

 Homer, The Ilid, Book 5, fer 741 (tekstotekstoteksto 348 (ext); librong 11,pia 36 (dressxt) 
 Homer, The Odyssey, Libro 11, linyang 635 (tekst) 
 Euripides, Ion, linya 1003-1023 (dresst) 
 Apolonio Rhodius, Argonautica, libro 4, linya 1515 (text) 

 Publius "Virgil" Maro, Ateneo vi.289 (text) 
 Lucan, The Civil War, libro ix.624-684. (teksto) 
 Valerisiu Flacus, Argonautica

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