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| Greek mythology tells of three Gorgons, or monstrous, dragonlike sisters with snakes for hair, who were shunned because they turned all who looked at them to stone. The only mortal of the three, Medusa, was killed when the young hero Perseus severed her head. This marble bust, attributed to 17th-century sculptor Gianlorenzo Bernini, is in the Museo dei Conservatori in Rome, Italy. | ||||||
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| Greek Mythology; Medusa; Bernini, Gianlorenzo; Gorgon | ||||||
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