Far-Stepper/Of Wide Sea as opposed to the traditional depiction of the Gorgons as grotesque and evil. The album artwork designed by Noble shows Medusa with a feminine build, blue-grey skin and dark grey hair.hough the plot generally follows that of the Gorgons in ancient Greek mythology, some aspects, such as the deep emotional connection between the sisters, were conceived by Noble. The prologue is told primarily in third person, but features sections from the perspective of Stheno, the oldest of the three Gorgons. Immortal sisters Stheno and Euryale have lived alone for a thousand years in the sea caves below Mount Olympus before
Greek mythology theology (which also affect the interpretation of Virgil). In Saturnalia reappear mythographical comments influenced by the Euhemerists, the Stoics and the Neoplatonists. The genesis of modern understanding of Greek mythology is regarded by some scholars as a double reaction at the end of the eighteenth century against "the traditional attitude of Christian animosity", in which the Christian reinterpretation of myth as a "lie" or fable had been retained. In Germany, by about 1795, there was a growing interest in Homer and Greek mythology. In Göttingen, Johann Matthias Gesner began to revive Greek studies, while his successor, Christian Gottlob Heyne, worked