The Real Story of Medusa: Protective Powers from a Snake-Haired
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In ancient Greek mythology, Medusa is the most famous of three monstrous sisters, known as the Gorgons.
In ancient Greek mythology, Medusa is the most famous of three monstrous sisters known as the Gorgons. The earliest known record about the story of Medusa and the Gorgons can be found in Hesiod’s Theogony. According to this ancient author, the three sisters, Sthenno, Euryale, and Medusa, were the children of Phorcys and Ceto and lived “beyond famed Oceanus at the world’s edge hard by Night”.
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