Her name is spelled Medusa, and yes she can turn people to stone with her eyes.
a woman with snakes as hair and can turn people to stone if that person looks at her
That depends. Some people think of her as a beautiful woman with snakes for hair, and some think of her as a completely ugly hag (with snakes for hair). Either way, looking at her turns you to stone.
She was Medusa. To look upon her would turn one to stone.
Medusa was a woman who was cursed and turned into a gorgon. She had snakes for her hair and could turn you into stone if you looked directly in her eyes.
in the book, poseidon sends her head to Percys house for him
No. People cannot turn into snakes.
She turns people to stone. Not exactly kind!
Medusa's first known appearance in literature is in Ovid's "Metamorphoses," a narrative poem written in Latin in 8 AD. In this work, Medusa is described as a mortal woman who is transformed into a monster with snakes for hair and a gaze that turns people to stone by the goddess Athena.
Stone the Woman - 1913 was released on: USA: 2 September 1913
his mom(Phaenarete) was a midwife, which was someone(usually a woman) who helped people with child birth. His dad (Sophroniscus) was a stone cutter/carver who worked with stone.
theme of the poem the poverty of the woman who turned herself into a stone
Lucy Stone fought for woman's rights. She was the first woman to keep her last name after she got married.