Medusa is a figure from Greek mythology, the only mortal of the three Gorgons, along with her immortal sisters, Stheno and Euryale. The three Gorgons were born to the sea god of the dangers of the hidden deep, Phorcys, and the goddess of sea monsters and the dangers of the sea, Ceto.
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c. 700 BCEGreek poet Hesiod writes his Theogony and Works and Days.
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c. 650 BCEPegasus first appears on Greek pottery decoration.
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c. 580 BCEThe west pediment of the temple of Artemis in Corcyra depicts Medusa and Pegasus.
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438 BCEThe cult statue of Athena Parthenos is dedicated in the Parthenon of Athens.
