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 * //__ MEDUSA __//**




 * //BY: CARMEN EMANUEL //**

 //**In mythology Medusa was an ugly creature, but she wasn’t always ugly. In **// //**Greek Mythology **////**, Medusa guardian, protectress was a **// //**gorgon **////**, a **////** chthonic **// //**female monster; gazing directly upon her would turn onlookers to stone. She was beheaded by the hero **// //**__[|Perseus] __**////**__, __**////** who thereafter used her head as a weapon until giving it to the goddess **////** __[|Athena]__ **////**<span style="color: #75237b; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">to place on her **////**<span style="color: #751e7b; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> shield **////**<span style="color: #75237b; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">. In classical antiquity the image of the head of Medusa appeared in the evil averting device known as the **////**<span style="color: #751e7b; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Gorgonien **////**<span style="color: #75237b; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">. She also has two gorgon sisters. **//


 * //<span style="color: #75237b; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Medusa was the daughter of Phorkys and Keto. She was one of the three sisters known as the Gorgons. The other two sisters were Sthenno and Euryale. Medusa was once a beautiful woman until, but she offended Athena, who changed her hair into snakes and made her face so hideous that all who looked at her were turned into stone. //****//<span style="color: #751e7b; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">When Medusa was pregnant by Poseidon, Perseus killed her and gave her head to Athena. //**<span style="color: #75237b; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">


 * //<span style="color: #75237b; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 36pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">REFERENCE //**

<span style="color: #75237b; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">
 * //<span style="color: #75237b; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">GORGONS were one of the major monsters of Greek mythology. Medusa career was almost exclusively tied to the story of Perseus. Almost all the damage she did to individuals took place after her head was severed and placed on Athena’s shield. Vials of her blood were distributed for both beneficial and harmful purposes. //**


 * //<span style="color: #75237b; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Medusa was a beautiful maiden who made the mistake of sleeping with __[|Poseidon]__ in one of Athena’s temples and was transformed into the familiar monster with snaky locks, we must concede that she was a victim of circumstances. //**



//**<span style="color: #75237b; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 26pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> <span style="color: #751e7b; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 26pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> Yes I respect Medusa, because she was once a nice person until she got a spell put on her. I would not be friends with Medusa, because she wasn’t a good Greek god. The qualities that I despise about Medusa is that she got a spell put on her and got turn into a chthonic female monster. **//



<span style="color: #75237b; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 26pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> <span style="color: #75237b; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 36pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">
 * //<span style="color: #75237b; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 26pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Perseus //**
 * //<span style="color: #75237b; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 26pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Athena //**


 * //<span style="color: #75237b; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 26pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Poseidon //**