Cultural depictions of Medusa and Gorgons her paralyzing stare). He is successful because although Medusa hates Athena's daughter, Annabeth Chase, she still loves Poseidon (Percy's father). In "The Son of Neptune", her sisters Stheno and Euryale are servants of Gaea intent on killing Percy in retaliation for his murder of their sister. In "The Mark of Athena", the Gorgons' parents (Phorcys and Keto) and Medusa's son (Chrysaor) are antagonists. The Gorgon is Natasi Daala's flagship in Kevin J. Anderson's "Jedi Academy Trilogy". In S.J Kinciad's "Insignia" series, Medusa, the code-name for a Russo-Chinese Combatant, is used as a description for the girl behind the name. The
Greek mythology Petrarch, Boccaccio and Dante in Italy. In Northern Europe, Greek mythology never took the same hold of the visual arts, but its effect was very obvious on literature. The English imagination was fired by Greek mythology starting with Chaucer and John Milton and continuing through Shakespeare to Robert Bridges in the 20th century. Racine in France and Goethe in Germany revived Greek drama, reworking the ancient myths. Although during the Enlightenment of the 18th century reaction against Greek myth spread throughout Europe, the myths continued to provide an important source of raw material for dramatists, including those who wrote the