Medusa received help. He received a mirrored shield from Athena, gold, winged sandals from Hermes, a sword from Hephaestus and Hades's helm of invisibility. Since Medusa was the only one of the three Gorgons who was mortal, Perseus was able to slay her while looking at the reflection from the mirrored shield he received from Athena. During that time, Medusa was pregnant by Poseidon. When Perseus beheaded her, Pegasus, a winged horse, and Chrysaor, a giant wielding a golden sword, sprang from her body. Jane Ellen Harrison argues that "her potency only begins when her head is severed, and that potency
Perseus and the Gorgon announced the end of the artist's career and, like "The Mature Age", marked her break-up with the sculptor Auguste Rodin. Therefore, the sculptor gave to Medusa her own features. As it currently stands, the work no longer has its bronze shield in which the Gorgon's face was reflected. It was classified as "Work of major cultural heritage interests" ("Œuvre d'Intérêt Patrimonial Majeur") and was bought in 2008 by the Musée Paul Dubois-Alfred Boucher, in Nogent-sur-Seine. Perseus and the Gorgon Perseus and the Gorgon is a 1902 monumental sculpture by Camille Claudel. It represents a mythological scene which refers to the