Perseus Medusa

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Guided by Athena's mirror-bright shield so he need never meet the petrifying gaze, Perseus struck off Medusa's head and sealed it in his bag. From the Gorgon's blood sprang the winged horse Pegasus and the warrior Chrysaor. The head shines now as Algol, the winking Demon's Star at the hero's hand. — Greek myth