Medusa

Cursed for life, Medusa the women once fair, but now foul. My paper is telling the story of Medusa and how she went from hot to not. Medusa is the mythological women with snakes for hair and can turn an onlooker into stone and was a significant part of Greek mythology.
 * Medusa by Lucas **

Medusa is known for being one of the foulest creatures to ever walk the earth, but she actually use to be a beautiful women. She had 2 sisters and they were children of the ancient marine deities. Originally a beautiful maiden, “Wanted by many suitors” but now a beast so foul ("Medusa").

The one most foul use to be a Priestess in the temple of the Goddess Athena back when she was a beautiful woman. Poseidon is the god of the sea and he had a bit of a thing for Medusa when she was a beautiful lady and she also had a thing with him as well. Medusa and Poseidon had relations in the Goddess Athena’s temple. When Athena learned about what they had done she became full of rage and cursed Medusa. Athena turned her beautiful hair into serpents and made her face so hideous that one look from her would turn a man into stone ("Medusa").

Medusa played a pretty significant role in Greek mythology sense she was in a relationship with the sea god Poseidon and got cursed by the Goddess of wisdom and war Athena. She was a nightmare to pretty much anyone who had crossed her path. Many wanted her dead on the count that she can turn a man to stone just by looking at them ("Medusa") m Perseus the mighty warrior was sent by King Polydectes to behead Medusa as a gift. He got help from Athena & Hermes who supplied him with flying sandals, the cap of invincibility, a sword and a mirrored shield. With their help he was able to find a kill Medusa. The way he killed her is by looking at her reflection and chopping her head off. Her reflection is harmless and can’t turn a man into stone by looking at it. After he chopper her head off two off spring had sprang out of her body ("Medusa").

After Perseus had beheaded medusa he had put her head in a bag so he doesn’t look at it when he is transporting it. He had used it in many other battles to turn his enemies to stone but after Perseus had given the head of Medusa to the Goddess Athena as a gift. Athena used the head as a weapon as well; she put it onto her shield so she could turn her enemies into stone ("Medusa").

So the story of Medusa is basically that she got screwed over by Poseidon and Athena then got a price on her head then got beheaded by the warrior Perseus. If I was Medusa I wouldn’t of given in to Poseidon in the temple of Athena, that was a big no, no. If Medusa was never turned into a foul beast she probably could have been married to one of the gods ("Medusa").

**Work cited:**

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