"And again, Ceto bare to Phoreys the fair-cheeked Graiae, sisters grey from their birth: and both deathless gods and men who walk on earth call them Graiae, Pemphredo well-clad, and saffron-robed Enyo, and the Gorgons who dwell beyond glorious Ocean in the frontier land towards Night where are the clear- voiced Hesperides, Sthenno, and Euryale, and Medusa who suffered a woeful fate: she was mortal, but the two were undying and grew not old. With her lay the Dark-haired One (14) in a soft meadow amid spring flowers. And when Perseus cut off her head, there sprang forth great Chrysaor and the horse Pegasus who is so called because he was born near the springs (pegae) of Ocean; and that other, because he held a golden blade (aor) in his hands."
- Theogony (ll 270-), Hesiod
This is my take on Perseus on of the greatest Greek monster slayers before time of Heracles.
I tried to incorporate as many elements as possible, to make him distinct from the rest of the crop of ancient Greek heroes. Thus he both has the head of Medusa in his hand, as well as depicted on his shield. The latter is my poetic freedom. If I stayed true to the myth, he'd have a high polisshed shield that could double as a mirror. Instead, he has a depiction of the youngest of the Gorgon sisters.
This is the result.
And here is the link to the model.
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