A handbook of legendary and mythological art (1890)
Clement, Clara Erskine, 1834-1916 · Boston Houghton, Mifflin · leaf 464
ys.Their mother was Ceto. They had claws of brass, wings, and enor-mous teeth, and hissing serpentsabout their heads in place of hair.Medusa was the only one who wasmortal, and some legends relate thatshe was at first beautiful, and wasthe mother of Chrysaor and Pegasusby Zeus (Jupiter), in one of… … Medusa. (Marble, Munich.) GratiSB. See Charites. Hades (Aides, Pluto, Dis, Orcus, Tartarus). Son of Cronus (Saturn) and Rhea. Brother of Zeus(Jupiter) and Poseidon (Neptune).Husband of Persephone or Proserpina[Demeter]. When the world wasdivided between the three brothers.Hades obtained the abode…
Art and mythology · Christian art and symbolism
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