Greek · No. 017

Euryale, the Undying Gorgon

Real myth

Euryale, the Undying Gorgon
The sister who cannot die weeps for the one who did.
Rarity
Uncommon
Category
Monster
ATK
1900
DEF
1800
Level
5
Type
Serpent
Element
Earth
Constellations
Feather · Leviathan

The myth

Euryale was one of the three Gorgons, sister of Stheno and Medusa, daughters of Phorcys and Ceto. Hesiod says she and Stheno were immortal and ageless, while Medusa was mortal. When Perseus beheaded Medusa, the two sisters woke and pursued the hero, who escaped thanks to the helm of Hades, which made him invisible. In his twelfth Pythian Ode, Pindar tells that Athena, hearing Euryale's loud lament for her dead sister, invented a melody for the aulos that imitated it. Her name is usually understood as she of the wide sea.

Why it has this power

An Uncommon level-5 card with 1900 ATK and 1800 DEF: solid, balanced numbers for a sister who cannot die. An Earth Serpent for her snake hair, she bears the Feather and Leviathan constellations, the Gorgons' wings and the serpent. Fused with Perseus she yields Pegasus, although in the myth the winged horse was born of Medusa.

Did you know

According to Pindar, the aulos tune called the many-headed melody was born from Euryale's weeping.

Connections

Where to get it

  • Campaign drop: Damon, Trireme Captain (Aegean of Heroes) — grade S: 14% · grade A: 14% · grade B: 14% · grade C: 14% · grade D: 13%
  • Daily Offering: 0.45% per pack (Uncommon 33% per card)
  • Welcome Pack: 1.1% per pack (Uncommon 30% per card)
  • Traveler's Pack: 0.96% per pack · 5.6% in the themed pack (Uncommon 29% per card)
  • Bronze Reliquary: 0.94% per pack · 5.5% in the themed pack (Uncommon 29% per card)
  • Silver Reliquary: 0.96% per pack · 5.6% in the themed pack (Uncommon 33% per card)
  • Golden Reliquary: 0.94% per pack · 5.5% in the themed pack (Uncommon 35% per card)
  • Daily Showcase: Shows up on about 0.98% of days · 400 gold
  • Craft with card dust: 100 dust
  • Crossing of Myths: Can be offered as a reward during a crossing (the card stays in the crossing deck).

Sources

  1. MEDUSA & GORGONS (Medousa & Gorgones) - Snake-Haired Monsters of Greek Mythology — Aaron J. Atsma, Theoi Project
  2. Theogony — Hesiod (trans. H. G. Evelyn-White), Theoi Classical Texts Library
  3. The Library, Book 2 — Pseudo-Apollodorus (trans. J. G. Frazer), Theoi Classical Texts Library