Medusa
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Only much later would I realize that it wasn’t so much a smorgasbord of vendors as it was the Gorgon Medusa: When one head is removed, more sprout in its place.
From Slate • Jan. 13, 2026
When the monster emerges in the water tower, a moss-covered, faucet-dripping, steam-seeping laboratory punctuated by a screaming sculpture of Medusa, he’s as old as he is new.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 30, 2025
Did you watch “Kaos,” the short-lived Netflix series from Charlie Covell that starred Jeff Goldblum as Zeus and Debi Mazar as Medusa?
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2025
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
Just knowing there was light on the other side made it easier to be around all those kids who called me Medusa and talked about school dances.
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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