After using the petrifying gaze to defeat his enemies in battle, Perseus gives the Gorgon’s head to Athena, who displays it on the aegis of her shield. Using a reflective bronze shield to protect his eyes, Perseus decapitates Medusa, releasing a winged horse, Pegasus, from her severed neck. The demigod is sent by Polydectes, the king of Seriphos, on a quest to bring back the head of Medusa. Popular retellings of the myth, however, focus on what happens next-and Perseus the starring role. Furious at the desecration of her temple, Athena transformed Medusa into a monster with the deadly capacity to turn whoever looked upon her face to stone. Her beauty caught the eye of the sea god Poseidon, who proceeded to rape her in the sacred temple of Athena. According to Ovid, Medusa was once a beautiful young maiden, the only mortal of three sisters known as the Gorgons. The first to properly explore her origin story in literature was the Roman poet Ovid, who detailed her transformation in the Metamorphoses circa 8 A.D. Early vases and carvings depict her as having been born a Gorgon, but that slowly changed. In the ancient world, Medusa was equally multidimensional. There she sits, long-locked, encircled by a ring of Greek keys. Even the House of Versace found inspiration in the Gorgon, placing the beautiful (pre-curse) version at the heart of its iconic logo. For the past two decades, the character has continually resurfaced in cinema mostly in an alluring form: Natalia Vodianova lent serious supermodel power to the 2010 remake of Clash of the Titans, while Uma Thurman cut a particularly seductive figure in Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief. No female character, however, is perhaps as popular as Medusa, the monster who could turn men to stone with a single glance.įrom a tight-suited villain in The Powerpuff Girls to a scathing metaphor for UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in UB40’s hit song “Madam Medusa,” the myth of Medusa endures in contemporary pop culture. Tales of gods, Titans, and giants fill children’s fairy tales, while a variety of mythological monsters have captivated viewers on the big screen. Your Festive Fog effects also deal lightning damage periodically.Since the days of early Western civilization, when myths were forged in fire and stone, society has been fascinated with the ancient Greek imagination.
Your Hangover effects stack even more times against Weak foes. Drunken Strike, Drunken Flourish, Drunken Dash, Dionysus' Aid.Hangover-afflicted foes take bonus damage in Festive Fog. Hangover can be stacked onto an enemy up to a base amount of 5 times, and stacks wear off one at a time after 4 seconds. His signature Status Curse is Hangover, which deals continuous damage to afflicted enemies every half second. However, he can also give Zagreus strong utility abilities in the forms of stuns, slows, heals and health, damage reduction effects, and items.
He offers boons to Zagreus revolving around his signature Status Curse, Hangover, slowing, and stunning enemies, as well as various drinking-themed Boons.ĭionysus offers strong damage over time abilities on nearly all his offensive boons. Heeey, there, Zag, man, how's it going? Look, you have got to get here with the rest of us already, we've been saving you a spot! Let me see what I can do, make life a little sweeter for you in the meantime!ĭionysus is the Olympian God of wine and madness, and cousin to Zagreus.
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