nowPerseuswhich of these two sorts of men seem to you more blest?'
Then Perseus answered boldly: 'Better to die in the flower of youth
on the chance of winning a noble namethan to live at ease like the
sheepand die unloved and unrenowned.'
Then that strange lady laughedand held up her brazen shieldand
cried: 'See herePerseus; dare you face such a monster as thisand slay
itthat I may place its head upon this shield?'
And in the mirror of the shield there appeared a faceand as Perseus
looked on it his blood ran cold. It was the face of a beautiful woman;
but her cheeks were pale as deathand her brows were knit with
everlasting painand her lips were thin and bitter like a snake's; and
instead of hairvipers wreathed about her templesand shot out their
forked tongues; while round her head were folded wings like an eagle's
and upon her bosom claws of brass.
And Perseus looked awhileand then said: 'If there is anything so
fierce and foul on earthit were a noble deed to kill it. Where can I
find the monster?'
Then the strange lady smiled againand said: 'Not yet; you are too
youngand too unskilled; for this is Medusa the Gorgonthe mother of a
monstrous
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