So it is that Perseus finds himself agreeing to find and defeat the Gorgon - a monster called Medusa - a task that Polydectes believes to be impossible, since the Oracle has also prophesied that ...

Archaeologists in Licata, Sicily were recently exploring the remains of the ancient Greek colony Finziade when they came ...

The artifact emerged from the ruins of an ancient Roman building-turned-workshop in Sicily from the second or first century BCE.

In Greek mythology, Medusa is one of the Gorgons — a trio of sisters with the ability to turn onlookers to stone. She was famously beheaded by the hero Perseus, who wielded her head in order to ...

Now Perseus saw the mouth of a large cave yawning darkly at him. Holding the shield more tightly than ever, he climbed down the gentle slope and taking a deep breath entered the gloom.

for she was once cursed by Athena and could turn anyone into stone by a mere glance before she was slain by Perseus. The Medusa imagery could represent empowerment and revenge within the context ...