History & The Arts
Perseus: what’s in a name?
...human spin: in Carol Ann Duffy’s ‘Medusa’ poem, for example (part of The World’s Wife collection (1999)), the myth is used as a metaphor for a jealous woman who’s been betrayed by her lover. The romantic aspects of other parts of Perseus’ story have also been attractive to writers and artists, especially his gallant defeat of the sea-monster that threatened...