To slay Medusa.
Perseus turned his mother's suitor, whom she didn't like, into stone.
Medusa killed many "someones." With her gaze she could turn people to stone and she made use of that gift.
Medusa was a beautiful woman. She was turned into a Gorgon by Athena because Medusa and Poseidon had an affair in Athena's temple. Having sexual affairs in a goddesses temple is extremely disrespectful. When Medusa was turned into a Gorgon, she became immortal. She was the extremely ugly and had snakes as hair. When anyone looked at her, they turned into stone. Later, Perseus, a hero, went on a quest to get Medusa's head. He could only use the reflection of his shield to look at her, or else he would turn to stone. Once the head is removed, it still has the power to turn people into stone.
No because she would have to look at her reflection and her reflection can't turn anyone into stone.
he used a spear,shield and a hand made sword
To slay Medusa.
Athens did not kill Medusa, Athens is a city in Greece. Medusa was killed by the hero 'Perseus' with the help of Athena and his brother Hermes. He killed Medusa by using a shield to see her reflection. This was because staring at Medusa would lead to being paralyzed in stone. He cut her head off and proceeded to use her as a weapon.
Perseus turned his mother's suitor, whom she didn't like, into stone.
So that he could return her head to the king, showing proof that he conquered the gorgon and the king's "instructions". Personally, I guess it's also a use of a weapon.
Medusa's head was used to turn a sea dragon to stone, but it was Perseus who used it, not Artemis
He received winged slippers from Hermes and a sword and brass shield to see the reflection of medusa in order to slay the gorgon from Athena.Athena-goddess of the hunt.Hermes-messenger of the gods.
Medusa killed many "someones." With her gaze she could turn people to stone and she made use of that gift.
The so called Roman Medusa is a later version of the Greek myth written by the poet Ovid in his Metamorphoses. In the original myth, Perseus' killing of Medusa was just an episode in the tales of this hero and was not given in great detail. We are just told that Perseus was sent to kill Medusa, the only mortal gorgon (three monster sisters) who turned people into stone with her eyes. Athena gave him a reflective shield which he used to reflect back Medusa's look and turn her into stone. He beheaded her and gave her head to Athena. Ovid added detail to the myth. Ovid accounts for Medusa's mortality by saying that originally she was a very beautiful woman. The god Poseidon (Triton) raped her in Athena's temple. An angry Athena turned her hair into snakes and made her face so ugly that the sight of it would turn people into stone. Ovid also had Perseus flying over northwest Africa and use Medusa's head to turn the Titan Atlas, who tried to attack him, into stone. The coral of the Red Sea was formed by Medusa's blood when it spilled in the water when Perseus put down her head by the shore while he briefly went to Ethiopia to save princess Andromeda, whom he married.
Medusa was a gorgon, she was able to turn any living thing to stone with eye contact. She died when Perseus beheaded her and gave the head to Athena to put on her shield. Some places like Sicily use her head on their flag.
Do not look at her in the eyes, look in a mirror and remove her head from her body. Use a sword or your bare hands.
Medusa feared by all in ancient Greece for she was 1 of 3 sisters that were born with monstrous attributes. Her body serpentine as well as serpents for hair. A mere gaze at here would turn any living creature into solid stone. Perseus son of Zeus beheaded her to use it as a weapon.