In Greek mythology, Medusa (/mɪˈdjuːzə, -sə/; ) may refer to the following personages:
Medusa, one of the Gorgons.Hesiod, Theogony 274 Medusa, one of the Hesperides and the sister of Aegle, Hesperie and Arethusa.Fulgentius, Expositio Virgilianae continentiae secundum philosophos moralisErsch, Johann Samuel (1830). Allgemeine encyclopädie der wissenschaften und künste in alphabetischer folge von genannten schrifts bearbeitet und herausgegeben von J. S. Ersch und J. G. Gruber. p. 148 Medusa, a Mycenaean princess as the daughter of King Sthenelus and Queen Nicippe (also called AntibiaScholia ad Homer, Iliad 19.119 or ArchippeTzetzes, Chiliades 2.172 & 195), daughter of Pelops. She was the sister of Eurystheus and Alcyone.Apollodorus, 2.4.5 Also called Astymedusa, she became the second wife of Oedipus after the death of Jocasta.The Scholia to Iliad 4.376 places the union following Oedipus' discovery that Jocasta was his mother; the marriage took place following Euryganeia's death according to the scholia to Euripides, Phoenissae 53 (citing Pherecydes, FGrHist 3 F 48). Medusa, a Trojan princess as daughter of King Priam.Apollodorus, 3.12.5; Pausanias, 10.26.9; Hyginus, Fabulae 90 Medusa, a princess of Iolcus as daughter of King Pelias and Queen Anaxibia, daughter of Bias.Hyginus, Fabulae 24 Medusa, a resident of Pherae and daughter of Orsilochus. She was probably the sister of DioclesHomer, Iliad 5.547; Odyssey, 3.489 = 15.187 and Dorodoche, said by some to be the wife of Icarius.Scholia ad Homer, Odyssey 15.16 Medusa married Polybus, king of Corinth and thus, adopted mother of Oedipus.Scholia ad Sophocles, Oedipus Rex 775
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