Statue of Perseus with the Head of Medusa, 1545-53 at the Piazza De La Signoria, Florence
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by Benvenuto Cellini The ancient myth is too long to repeat here - the brief version is that Polydectes announced a banquet wherein each guest would be expected to bring him a horse, that he might woo Hippodamia, "tamer of horses". Perseus had no horse but promised instead to bring him some other gift. Polydectes held Perseus to his rash promise and asked for the head of Medusa. Medusa, was one of the Gorgons, whose very expression turns people to stone. Perseus killed Medusa to give as a gift to Polydectes.
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