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Title: Myths and Arts Perseus, Medusa and Andromeda


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Myths and ArtsPerseus, Medusa and Andromeda
  • Vesa Matteo Piludu

Department of Comparative Religion University of
Helsinki
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Danae and Zeus
  • Acrisius asked the oracle at Delphi, "when will I
    have a son?" The oracle didn't exactly answer
    that question, but instead responded, "don't let
    your daughter get married, for she will have a
    son, and that son will kill you."
  • Acrisius consequently confined his daughter,
    Danae, inside a bronze underground chamber, but
    to no avail.
  • Zeus had already been attracted to Danae, and
    slipped into the chamber (and Danae's lap) in the
    form of a golden shower.
  • This Attic red-figure crater (c480 BCE) depicts
    the golden shower, and situates Danae in a rather
    nicely decorated Athenian bedroom, with elaborate
    bedding and a mirror hanging on the wall.

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Moralist interpretation by Titian
  • Like this painting of Danae by Titian (1554),
    commissioned by Philip II of Spain.
  • The art historians John Paoletti and Gary Radke
    conclude, "Given the old woman's avaricious
    collection of some of the gold in the form of
    actual coins, and Danae's receptivity to
    Jupiter's advances expressed by her parted legs
    and dreamy expression, the story's associations
    with prostitution are clear."

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Danae by Gustav Klimt, 1918
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Danae and Perseus
  • A krater (mixing bowl), Attic, red-figure, found
    in Syracuse (on Sicily), 460-450 BCE, that shows
    Perseus and Danae together in the chest that
    Acrisius threw into the sea.

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Medusa
  • Later when Perseus was grown, King Polydektes,
    command he bring back the head of Medousa.
  • With the help of the gods, Perseus first obtained
    an invisible helm, magical sword, and winged
    sandals.
  • He then stole the single eye of the Graiai, three
    ancient hags, who told him where to find the
    Gorgones.

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Perseus receiving his equipment
  • A hydria (vase for water), made in Chalcidia and
    found in the Etruscan city of Cerveteri,
    black-figure, ca.520 BCE. It shows Perseus
    receiving his equipment (sack, helmet of
    invisibility, winged sandals) from the sea
    nymphs. Behind him stands Athena.

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Edward Burne-Jones - The Call of Perseus
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Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones Perseus and the Sea
Nymph
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Perseus persuing a Gorgon
  • Attic red-figure vase, of Panathenaic type, found
    in Etruria (Vulci), ca490 BCE, it shows either
    Perseus persuing a Gorgon, or a Gorgon persuing
    Perseus. Note Perseus' hat, sandals, sack, and
    curved sickle.

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Artist Edward Burne-Jones Title The Death of
Medusa I
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'Perseus and the Gorgon' Myth Pack CD-ROM 
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Perseus with a sword to Medusa's throat
  • An Attic black-figure vase (Vulci), ca550 BCE,
    showing Perseus with a sword to Medusa's throat.
    On the other side of Medusa stands Hermes.

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Perseus in the act of cutting off Medusa's head
  • A limestone metope from a temple at Selinas (on
    Sicily), 530-510 BCE, it shows Perseus in the act
    of cutting off Medusa's head. Athena stands to
    Perseus' right, and Medusa holds Pegasus in her
    lap

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Perseus has cut off Medusa's head
  • Attic red-figure vase, found at Capua in central
    Italy, ca460 BCE. Perseus has cut off Medusa's
    head and stuck it in his sack, and he gazes down
    at the stump of her neck as he prepares to fly
    away. Athena rushes in behind Medusa.

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MEDOUSA THE BIRTH OF PEGASOS
  • The winged horse Pegasos bursts forth in birth,
    from the decapitated neck of the Gorgon Medousa.
    The hero Perseus wings away with her head tucked
    inside his kibisis sack

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Cellini's Perseus
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Medusa - Athena
  • Fragment of a statue of Athena from the west
    pediment of the temple of Apollo at Eretria on
    the island of Euboea, ca510 BCE. It shows the
    final placement of Medusa's head on the
    breastplate (or shield) of Athena--who uses it to
    terrify her enemies in battle.

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Medusa by Caravaggio
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Arnold Böcklin
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Boris Vallejo
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Medusa vs... Spider man!
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Halloween medusa
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??? Medusa
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Electric Medusa 2006
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Perseus by Antonio Canova
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Perseus
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Perseus and Andromeda
  • A Roman wall painting from Pompeii (Casa del
    Sacerdos Amandus, 3rd style) ca30 CE. Andromeda
    is chained to the rock, and Perseus 1) negotiates
    in the right background with Cepheus to marry
    Andromeda, and 2) swoops in at left with Medusa's
    head to fight the sea monster.

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  • An Apulian loutrophoros (a large pot for carrying
    water), red-figure, ca350-340.
  • In the upper register, you see Andromeda chained
    to the rock, with Phineus to the right and
    Cassiopeia and also (apparently) in the upper
    right corner.
  • In the bottom register, Perseus fights the sea
    monster.

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1679 Pierre Mignard
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"Perseus and Andromeda" by JoachimWtewael, 1611,
Musée du Louvre, Paris
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Perseus and Andromeda, 1602, Guiseppe Cesari
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Titian Andromeda
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Perseus freed Andromeda Piero di Cosimo
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Perseus and Andromeda by Rubens 1620
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AndromedaGustave Doré
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Andromeda1929 Daniel Chester French (1850 - 1931)
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Artist Edward Burne-Jones Title The Doom
Fulfilled 1876
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Andromeda by Tamara de Lempicka
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Andromeda by Boris
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Digital "dark" Andromeda
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Male (!) Andromeda in Japanese manga and
cartoons (Saint Seiya)
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Artist Edward Burne-Jones Title St. George and
the Dragon 1868
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Beckmann, MaxPerseus1940-1941
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Perseus And Andromeda - A Role Inversion!
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End of the story
  • Perseus slew the monster, and rescued the girl,
    bringing her back to Greece as his bride.
  • On Seriphos, he turned King Polydektes to stone,
    then travelled to his grandfather's kingdom to
    claim the throne.
  • The old man fled, and was later accidentally
    killed by Perseus at some Games with an awry
    discus throw.
  • Perseus was the ancestor through his sons and
    daughter of the royal houses of Mykenai, Elis,
    Sparta, Messenia, and distant Persia. His most
    famous descendant of all was Herakles

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Clash of the Titans - Medusa
  • http//www.youtube.com/watch?vzBtAO4dYL98

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Clash of the Titans - Tribute
  • http//www.youtube.com/watch?vZ3uFrtwQpbYfeature
    related

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Perseus yacht
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Swedish theater company Theater Barbara
performs "Perseus" using dance, mime and
acrobatics.
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