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Fig. 1A. —Caput Medusae. Head of Medusa by Michelangelo da Merisi, otherwise known as Caravaggio (oil on canvas, 1590, Galleria Uffizi, Florence, Italy), shows live reptiles that replaced the gorgon's hair. Blood can be seen gushing from Medusa's severed neck after Perseus, with Athena's help, beheaded her.

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