Stheno with her sister Medusa, who was raped by the sea god Poseidon in the Temple of Athena. Athena, bearing no emotion and finding no fault in Poseidon, was furious with Medusa. As a punishment, Medusa was changed into a terrible monster, along with her sisters Stheno and Euryale. Stheno tends to be depicted as a thin gorgon monster with red snakes curling around her head instead of hair. Earlier accounts, however, describe her as having a scaly head, a boar's tusks, bronzed hands, a protruding tongue, glaring eyes and a snake around the waist as a belt. When the Gorgon
Sisters Creek, Tasmania hills were subsequently officially named “Two Sisters”. The C229 route terminates at the Bass Highway in Sisters Creek. It runs south to , and from there leads, via route 236, to the Murchison Highway. Sisters Creek, Tasmania Sisters Creek is a locality and small rural community in the local government area of Waratah-Wynyard, in the North West region of Tasmania. It is located about north-west of the town of Wynyard. The Bass Highway passes through from east to west, and the watercourse named Sisters Creek flows through from south to north. The 2016 census determined a population of 134 for