Most sources describe her as the daughter of Phorcys and Ceto, although the author Hyginus makes her the daughter of Gorgon and Ceto. Medusa is generally described as a human female with living venomous snakes in place of hair those who gazed into her eyes would turn to stone.
In Greek mythology, Medusa ( / m ɪ ˈ dj uː z ə, - s ə/ Ancient Greek: Μέδουσα, romanized: Médousa, lit.'guardian, protectress'), also called Gorgo, was one of the three Gorgons. The Hesperides, Sthenno, Euryale, The Graeae, Thoosa, Scylla, and Ladon Classical Greek gorgoneion featuring the head of Medusa fourth century BC
