Medusa

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Only much later would I realize that it wasn’t so much a smorgasbord of vendors as it was the Gorgon Medusa: When one head is removed, more sprout in its place.

From Slate • Jan. 13, 2026

Storied designer Donatella Versace stepped down as the brand's creative chief in March after 27 years at the fashion company, known for its glamorous styles and the iconic Medusa head logo.

From BBC • Dec. 3, 2025

When the monster emerges in the water tower, a moss-covered, faucet-dripping, steam-seeping laboratory punctuated by a screaming sculpture of Medusa, he’s as old as he is new.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 30, 2025

For centuries, the Greek Gorgon Medusa has been cast as a vicious monster, a beastly woman with writhing snakes for hair and a deadly gaze that turns living creatures to stone.

From New York Times • May 25, 2024

At the end of the corridor, in a cross-shaped room that flickered with torchlight, was a fifteen-foot-high stone figure with a catlike face, taloned fingers, fierce tusks, and Medusa hair.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann