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Medusa's Argumentative Essay: Greek Vs. American

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Greek v. American Medusa use to be a beautiful maiden who had everything she could ask for, she lived a life of celibacy, and then lost it all. Most stories claim that she followed Athena, however, one version says that she claimed she was better than Athena, causing her awful appearance. Her parents were Phorkys and Keto and she was one of their three daughters. She was the only daughter born a mortal. Soon , though, she fell in love with Poseidon. The most common myth says that after Medusa lay with Poseidon, Athena was angered and swore to get revenge. Athena decided to turn Medusa into an ugly monster, changing her hair into venomous snakes and her skin green and scaly. To make matters worse, anytime Medusa looked at a person, the
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