вЂњFetch me the head of Medusa,вЂќ commanded Polydectes. Soon after this, trying to get rid of Perseus, Polydectes, the king of Seriphos, sent the great hero on a quest which he believed must be his final one. Enraged, the virgin goddess transformed MedusaвЂ™s enchanting hair into a coil of serpents, turning the youngest Gorgon into the monster we described above. Ovid especially praises the glory of her hair, вЂњmost wonderful of all her charms.вЂќ The great sea god Poseidon seems to have shared this admiration, for once he couldnвЂ™t resist the temptation and impregnated Medusa in a temple of Athena. Medusa вЂ“ the only mortal among the Gorgon sisters вЂ“ was also distinguished from them by the fact that she alone was born with a beautiful face. Her face was so hideous and her gaze so piercing that the mere sight of her was sufficient to turn a man to stone.

Writhing snakes were entwining her head in place of hair. Poets claimed that she had a great boar-like tusk and tongue lolling between her fanged teeth. All of MedusaвЂ™s siblings were monsters by birth and, even though she was not, she had the misfortune of being turned into the most hideous of them all.ДЇrom then on, similarly to Euryale and Stheno, her older Gorgon sisters, Medusa was depicted with bronze hands and wings of gold.

Medusa вЂ“ whose name probably comes from the Ancient Greek word for вЂњguardianвЂќ вЂ“ was one of the three Gorgons, daughters of the sea gods Phorcys and Ceto, and sisters of the Graeae, Echidna, and Ladon.

Medusa hentai