So it is that Perseus finds himself agreeing to find and defeat the Gorgon - a monster called Medusa - a task that Polydectes believes to be impossible, since the Oracle has also prophesied that ...

There are multiple versions and readings of the ancient myth of the Gorgon with snakes for hair who could turn people to stone with a look. In one reading, Medusa and Poseidon had a consensual ...

Medusa was one of three Gorgons in ancient Greek mythology, whose hair was replaced by snakes. She was beheaded by the hero Perseus, who used her head as a weapon to turn his enemies to stone.

Sherman’s artwork then brings this transformation to life, depicting Diana as a towering, skyscraper-sized gorgon ... her ...