A handbook of legendary and mythological art (1872)
Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, 1834-1916 · New York, Hurd and Houghton · leaf 466
cydes, from their father Phorcys.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… … Me<.lusa. Gratise.Hades of her breastplate. See Perseus. (Marble, Munich.) See Charites. (Aides, Pluto, Dis, Orcus, Tartarus). Son of Cronus (Saturn) and Rhea. Brother of Zeus(Jupiter) and Poseidon (Neptune).Husband of Persephone or Proser[)ina.[Demeter]. When the world wasdivided between the…
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