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Anonymous File :-(, x)
I took Greek and Roman Mythology in college to get my literature requirement out of the way.
Medusa was a gorgon. There were three. Medusa was originally beautiful, but had sex in the temple of Aphrodite with the god Poseidon. Aphrodite then cursed her into a horribly ugly monster that would turn people who saw her face to stone. As a general rule, Greek gods were assholes. I believe her two sisters, Euryale and Stheno, were proximately ugly to begin with. Physiologically, she was really ugly with snakes for hair. She isn't specifically mentioned as having a serpentine lower body.
She then fled to a temple where she killed people for no apparent reason, including those who came to kill her. Perseus eventually succeeded in beheading her, and from he blood sprang two children of Poseidon, including Pegasus. The Ancient Greeks were really fucked up.
And in conclusion, this is the most use I've gotten out of that college course.
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