Referrals to Medusa in Greek Literature
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  1. Pausanias, Description of Greece 2.21.5 - 2.21.6
    Medusa's reign over the Libyans around Lake Tritonis
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  2. Apollodorus, Library and Epitome 2.3.2
    Pegasus, offspring of Medusa and Poseidon
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  3. Apollodorus, Library and Epitome 2.4.2
    Perseus beheading Medusa with Athena's help
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  4. Apollodorus, Library and Epitome 2.4.3
    Perseus saving Andromeda, returning with Medusa's head
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  5. Apollodorus, Library and Epitome 3.10.3
    Medusa's blood offering life or death
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  6. Hesiod, Theogony 270 - 305
    Poseidon laying with Medusa in a field
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  7. Hesiod, Works and Days 59 - 80
    Zeus' creation of Pandora, in punishment of mankind
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  8. P. Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses Book 4, 604 - Roman
    Gore creating snakes in Libyan desert
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  9. P. Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses Book 4, 754 - Roman
    Creation of coral, Medusa in Athena's temple
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