So beautiful was she, that the god Poseidon also desired to have her.īut Medusa wouldn’t yield to any man. She had many suitors, but she wouldn’t choose one, all wanting her hand in marriage, won over by her rare beauty. Medusa is said to have been coveted across the land. Her features were in perfect symmetry, her lips red like the purest wine. She had stunning golden hair, with perfect ringlets framing her beautiful face. She was a priestess of Athena all her life.īut if you ask Ovid, the Roman poet that lived during the reign of the Roman emperor Augustus, the story is entirely different- and it’s Athena’s fault.ġ.3 What does Medusa’s name mean? The Story of Medusa and Athena What is the story of Medusa and Athena according to Ovid?Īccording to Ovid, Medusa originally was a beautiful young woman. She also had the name Gorgo, and like her sisters, she was born with a monstrous appearance: Snake hair, a terrible face that struck fear into the heart of anyone who looked at them, wings, and a reptilian body were featured by all three sisters.Īccording to Hesiod and Aeschylus, she lived in a town at the coast of Aeolis, in Asia Minor, opposite of the island of Lesbos. That depends on who you ask! The original Ancient Greek myths describe Medusa as the only mortal sister out of three Gorgons. Her power to turn a mortal (or a man, depending on the myth) into stone by a single glance has allured and inspired artists and even activists and social scientists for centuries!īut who was Medusa, and how did she end up a monster for Perseus to kill?
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Her powerful image of a woman with a full head of snake hair is unforgettable. In March 2019, however, he said the project was cancelled.Medusa is one of the most recognizable pop culture and fashion icons! In July 2017, Robert Rugan announced on his website that he was the new director of the project. Later that month, Sony Pictures Animation president Kristine Belson announced she is championing the project and currently looking to bring in a new director. I do not know if Medusa has been shelved, but I am no longer working on it or at Sony.” According to internal sources at Sony familiar with the project, Medusa is still in active development, and the original producer, Michelle Raimo Kouyate, is still attached to the project. But, as it happens at so many studios with so many projects, we ultimately ran into creative differences on the direction of the project. Faust stated, “I very much enjoyed my time at Sony Pictures Animation and was extremely excited about the progress our amazing team was making on Medusa. In November 2015, Lauren Faust announced she was no longer in touch with the project or Sony Pictures Animation. I was excited by the idea of showing the comedy behind an otherwise horrific monster, and I was really drawn to the writer's unique re-imagining of Greek mythology.“ MEDUSA will be a clever, heartfelt animated comedy about a girl who's having the ultimate bad hair day.” Faust also stated, “Todd and Holly's version of the tale of Medusa is filled with so many of my favorite ideas to work with: magic, mythology, humor and strong, funny, extremely relatable characters. And when Lauren Faust, a uniquely gifted animation filmmaker with a real talent for relating to audiences, connected with the project, we knew the combination of her vision and their story would create something extraordinary. Sony Pictures Animation president of production Michelle Raimo Kouyate stated, “After hearing the ingeniously funny pitch from Todd and Holly, we could immediately see the enormous potential in the idea. The film would tell a new story about the character of the same name from Greek mythology, in which she sets out on a quest to revert the curse she earned from a jealous goddess.
In June 2014, Sony Pictures Animation announced that Lauren Faust would direct an animated comedy feature film titled Medusa, which was based on a pitch from Todd Alcott and Holly Golden. Medusa sets out on a quest to reverse this curse with the help of a goofy team of oddball and misfit mythological creatures who help her learn that what makes you different is, in fact, what makes you strong. Her resulting popularity ticks off the wrong Goddess who turns her into the snake-haired monster we all know and fear. Medusa is a normal human, who, like many of us, is overwhelmed with trying to fit a certain mold to please others.
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