Gorgon these myths relate that Perseus was armed with a scythe from Hermes and a mirror (or a shield) from Athena. Perseus could safely cut off Medusa's head without turning to stone by looking only at her reflection in the shield. From the blood that spurted from her neck and falling into the sea, sprang Pegasus and Chrysaor, her sons by Poseidon. Other sources say that each drop of blood became a snake. Perseus is said by some to have given the head, which retained the power of turning into stone all who looked upon it, to Athena. She then placed
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