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Information about medusa.
Title: Information about medusa.
Category: Social Sciences / Education
Details: Words: 380 | Pages: 1.6 (approximately 235 words/page)
Information about medusa.
Medusa was a Libyan Goddess who was worshiped by The Amazons. She was imported into Greece as one of the Gorgons, daughter of Phorcus and his sister Ceto. The sisters Sthenno and Euryale were immortal but the third, Medusa, was mortal. All three were so hideous, that the shock of seeing them would turn anyone into stone, which I found very interesting. The Gorgons had three other sisters named the Graeae and their hair was …showed first 75 words of 380 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 380 total…powers. It was a lethal poison, but it also granted Erichtonius the power to reanimate the dead. From the blood of Medusa, it's said that the winged horse Pegasus was created. The decapitated head of Medusa was used by Perseus to kill the sea monster Centus. Athene carried the aegis of Zeus at Tory. The gigantic head of Gorgon, a thing of fear and horror, was the centerpiece of a series of war craft icons.
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