Medusa
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Its bronze door bears a Medusa head, her open mouth turned into a letter slot.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026
Looking at Medusa, the hideous woman with snakes for hair, might turn the viewer to stone, but there’s power in offending the eye—or at least rejecting the pressure to be decorative.
From Slate • Oct. 28, 2024
Debi Mazar pops in as a good Medusa, with a scarf tied around her snake hair.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2024
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
The class quieted down, but I knew that from now on, my nickname would be Medusa.
From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin
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Marine Biology - Middle School
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Marine Biology - High School
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