Monsters

In the story of Perseus the main monster Medusa is one of the three Gorgon sisters. Medusa was not always a hideous beast, for she was once a beautiful woman. But in many of the Greek stories, she was cursed by the Gods and sent to a life of horror and misfortune. Medusa is described in the readings from (Perseus 17) In the mirror of the bright shield he could see them clearly, creatures with great wings and bodies covered with golden scales and hair a mass of twisting snakes. Medusa was so hideous that any...