Medusa part of their religion. Medusa was beheaded by the hero Perseus, who thereafter used her head, which retained its ability to turn onlookers to stone, as a weapon until he gave it to the goddess Athena to place on her shield. In classical antiquity the image of the head of Medusa appeared in the evil-averting device known as the "Gorgoneion". The three Gorgon sisters—Medusa, Stheno, and Euryale—were all children of the ancient marine deities Phorcys (or "Phorkys") and his sister Ceto (or "Keto"), chthonic monsters from an archaic world. Their genealogy is shared with other sisters, the Graeae, as in
Hannah and Her Sisters as well as for all American movie makers". The American Film Institute nominated the film for a ranking on its 1997 lists of the 100 greatest American movies, the 100 funniest movies, and the 100 greatest love stories. In 2005, the Writers Guild of America named Allen's script the 95th best movie screenplay ever written. In October 2013, the film was voted by readers of "The Guardian" newspaper as the fourth best film directed by Woody Allen. In 2014, Calum Marsh of "Slant" magazine named "Hannah and Her Sisters" as Allen's greatest film, praising its ensemble cast and Allen's "dense,