Discussion of the tale of Medusa from her ravishment by Poseidon to her beheading by Perseus. Includes translations of Ovid's "Metamorphoses" which mentions her.

Athena changed Medusa's curls into snakes, and her face into a fright that turned men into stone. Includes the Perseus myth, images, and links.

Tufts Univ. provides a paper from the Women In Antiquities class about the mythical gorgon. Learn of the origins of her name and about her myth.