Medusa

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  • English: Medusa (Μεδουσα "Queen"), was a monstrous female character, in Greek mythology, whose gaze could turn people to stone. She was decapitated by Perseus.


See also: Category:Medusa

[edit] Paintings

By Caravaggio (between 1592 and 1600).

By Caravaggio (1595–1596).

By Arnold Böcklin, circa 1878.
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[edit] Sculptures

By Bernini (1630, Musei Capitolini, Rome).

"Rondanini Medusa", Glyptothek Munich.

At the Fountain of Apollo in Madrid (1803).

[edit] Heraldry

Coat of arms of Dohalice municipality, Czech Republic.
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