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Information about Medusa and Perseus is mostly found in Ovid's Metamorphoses. According to Ovid, Medusa is depicted as an unmarried, young, and beautiful woman. According to Ovid, Poseidon, who harmed Medusa in Athena's temple, was captivated by her beauty and desire. He then transformed Medusa's hair into snakes. This was so that people would turn Medusa's hair into stone when they looked at her.

Gorgons are known in Greek mythology as female monsters with sharp teeth and live snakes in their hair. According to Gorgon legends, those who look at these monsters are turned to stone. One of the three gargons is known as Medusa. Of these three, only Medusa is known to be mortal. Euryale and Stheno are immortal.

Based on Medusa's connection to Perseus, Polydectes tasks Perseus with retrieving Medusa's head. This, in fact, is a trap. Polydectes is in love with Porceus's mother, Danae, and wants to live a trouble-free life with her. Because their relationship is not very good, he makes it his goal to get rid of his son. Polydectes doesn't think Perses will back down from this task. Perseus received help from Zeus and the other gods. Perseus received a pair of winged sandals from Hermes, a helmet of invisibility from Hades, a sword from Hephaestus, and a reflecting bronze shield from Athena. With this help, Perseus begins his search for Medusa and beheads her while she sleeps.

After Medusa, known as the Gorgon, was beheaded, the winged horse Pegasus emerged. In the Theogony, Hesiod states that Chrysaos emerged from Medusa's neck. After these events, Perseus experienced several more events and returned to Seriphus. While Perseus had little influence on this event, he played a role in Medusa's subsequent events.

The blood dripping from Medusa's head turned into poisonous snakes. After taking Medusa's head, Perseus asked Atlas for a place to listen and was refused. He then tried to use Medusa's head to turn Atlas into stone. This way, he transformed Atlas into a mountain, creating the Atlas Mountains. Later, when Andromeda (Kepheus's daughter) was about to be sacrificed, she was turned to stone with Medusa's head, thus saving her. They then set off with Andromeda and went to King Polydectes. However, Polydectes, believing Perseus would not return, refused to leave Danae alone. Danae, however, waited for her son inside a temple. Later, Perseus appeared before the king with Medusa's head. Polydectes did not believe this. Consequently, Perseus removed Medusa's head and held it up to the king. The king was now petrified.