Who turned Medusa's hair into snakes?

by ...... on March 21st, 2008

Medusa was originally a beautiful maiden, "the jealous aspiration of many suitors," priestess in Athene's temple, but when she was raped by the "Lord of the Sea" Poseidon in Athena's temple, the enraged goddess transformed her beautiful hair to serpents and she made her face so terrible to behold that the mere sight of it would turn a man to stone. In Ovid's telling, Perseus describes Medusa's punishment by Athena as just and well-deserved.

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Yeah, that works too. +2 :o)
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by Wide Awake @ has closing date woo hoo on March 21st, 2008
at least one person who answered this question knew wtf they were talking about. you read some of the other answers? freakin lame. i can only give +2 so here it is.
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by MeInside on March 26th, 2008
If a user has a pre-conceived idea of what answer they want, they should look it up in wikipedia, like Meakel did. Otherwise, there are lot's of different ways to answer it.
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by Yarnlady is happy every day on March 26th, 2008
Yay for yarnlady! Everyone chooses how they will answer. Some cut and paste. (yawn)
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by Wide Awake @ has closing date woo hoo on March 26th, 2008
How was the punishment just and well deserved if she was raped?
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by OmegaWolf747 on June 28th, 2009
I suggest you ask Perseus that question, he was the one who said it.;
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by Yarnlady is happy every day on June 28th, 2009