Save Gender Feminine Usage Greek Mythology Scripts Χαλκομέδουσα(Ancient Greek) Other Forms FormsKhalkomedousa, Chalkomedousa Meaning & History Derived from Ancient Greek χαλκός (chalkos) "copper" and μέδω (medo) "to protect, to rule over". In Greek mythology, this was the name of an Ithican queen, the mother of Laertes and wife of Arcesius.