Medusa once wasn't ugly. She was in love with Poseidon, god of the sea. Once they went into Athena's temple, and got caught, so Athena put a curse on Medusa so anyone who looked directly in her eyes was turned to stone.For centuries many heroes tried to destroy her but to no avail.Finally on day a brave man named Perseus killed her by chopping her head off.
THE QUEST
One day, a king wanted to marry Perseus's mother. So the king sent Perseus on a quest.An impossible quest. The quest was to kill and bring back the head of the monstrous Medusa. Before Perseus set off on his journey, the gods gave him three gifts. Hades gave him his helmet of invisibility until the quest was over, Hermes gave him a pair of flying sandals, and Athena gave him a sword that could cut through anything. So Perseus set off for his journey. When he reached Medusa's temple, he hid behind a pillar when he herd her coming. To make her come to him, he threw his shield into the arms of a statue. Perseus looked into his well polished shield to see where Medusa was. When she came beside the pillar he was standing behind... SLICE! Perseus cut off her head. To make sure he didn't look at Medusa, he put her head in a cloth bag. When Perseus came back, the king ordered his men to charge at him, but he turned the warriors and the king to stone.
