... , Vast Earth, being strained and stretched inside her, groaned. And then she thought of a clever, evil plan."(Thury 32) In the myth, there are several parts where the women are the ones that invent evil plans for revenge, and the gods such as Kronos and Zeus were able to overthrow their fathers only because they also had the help of their mother. In the Creation ... , Hesiod also shows a certain fear towards women since they were the ones able to produce monsters such as Cyclopes and the Hundred Armed. For Hesiod, it seemed that he had the idea that women could be very destructive and sho...

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... , into serpents, and she cast a powerful gaze upon her so that from that moment on, anyone who set eyes on her face would turn to stone. Athena was still not satisfied with her acts of revenge, so she appeared to Perseus and instructed him to slay Medusa. He must retrieve the head of the Gorgon, a deed said to require the maximum amount courage and skill. He is ... given magic winged sandals, a cap, and a pouch from Hermes. Guided by Athena to the gray sisters (the three monsters who ... winged sandals, the Gorgon sisters chase after him but without success, for his cap makes him invisi...

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