From: Joel de Guzman (djowel_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-08-07 13:53:13
Gregory Colvin <gregory.colvin_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> Perhaps Perseus, who slew the Medusa, the snake-haired monster of
> "so frightful an aspect that no living thing could behold her without
> being turned into stone."
>
> Perseus avoid being turned to stone by clever use of indirection --
> he avoided looking directly at Medusa, instead looking only at her
> reflection in the mirror of his polished shield.
>
> http://www.online-mythology.com/perseus_medusa/
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