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    In Greek mythology, Medusa (/mɪˈdjuːzə, -sə/; Ancient Greek: Μέδουσα, romanized: Médousa, lit. 'guardian, protectress'), also called Gorgo (Ancient Greek:...
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    HNLMS Medusa (HW 1, A 890) was a Dutch Hydra-class minelayer, built in Amsterdam and named after Medusa in Greek mythology. In the late afternoon of 14...
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  • HNLMS Medusa (1854), the lead ship of the Medusa-class corvettes, which were equipped with auxiliary steam power HNLMS Medusa (1911), a minelayer "Zr.Ms. Van Speijk"...
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  • Medusa was the name of at least two ships of the Italian Navy and may refer to: Italian submarine Medusa (1911), a Medusa-class submarine launched in...
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    zoology is one of two forms found in the phylum Cnidaria, the other being the medusa. Polyps are roughly cylindrical in shape and elongated at the axis of the...
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    Pegasus (category Medusa)
    role as horse-god, and foaled by the Gorgon Medusa. Pegasus was the brother of Chrysaor, both born from Medusa's blood when their mother was decapitated by...
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  • The Medusa-class of submarines were eight submarines built for Italy and one for Portugal from 1911–1913. They displaced 305 tons while submerged, and...
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    in the waters off Zeeland. HNLMS Hydra (1912) (1912–1940) HNLMS Medusa (1911) (1911–1964) netherlandsnavy.nl Hydra-class minelayers Wikimedia Commons...
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    Théodore Géricault (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
    painter and lithographer, whose best-known painting is The Raft of the Medusa. Despite his short life, he was one of the pioneers of the Romantic movement...
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    Rudge Whitworth 1906–1907 Otav 1908 Alcyon-Dunlop 1908–1912 Atala 1910 Medusa 1911-1912 Bianchi 1912 Fiat 1913 Legnano 1913 JB Louvet - Continental 1914...
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    highlight of his career was his three consecutive overall wins in the 1910, 1911 and 1912 Giros d'Italia, the last of which was won as part of Team Atala...
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    the Gorgon Medusa. Using Athena's shield, Hermes's winged sandals and Hades's helmet of invisibility, Perseus was able to evade Medusa's gaze and decapitate...
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    subspecies, A. s. styx and A. s. medusa Moore, 1858, but they intergrade widely, and authorities presently consider that A. s. medusa is just a wet zone/season...
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    SMS Medusa was a member of the ten-ship Gazelle class of light cruisers that were built for the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy) in the late 1890s...
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  • His novel Medusa: A Story of Mystery (1929) became popular in the 1960s. Mike Ashley describes Medusa as Visiak's "premier achievement". Medusa was also...
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    Aegis (category Medusa)
    rolling its eyes", furnished with golden tassels and bearing the Gorgoneion (Medusa's head) in the central boss. Some of the Attic vase-painters retained an...
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  • agenor (Hahn, Hahn & Müller, 2000), X. elissa (Hahn, Hahn & Müller, 2000) and X. medusa (Hahn, Hahn & Müller, 1999), as well as new species X. xenios....
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    Legendary creature (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
    Scylla and Charybdis for the hero Odysseus to confront. Other tales include Medusa to be defeated by Perseus, the (human/bull) Minotaur to be destroyed by...
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    Antonio Canova (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
    Head of Medusa, was a statue commissioned by tribune Onorato Duveyriez. It depicts the Greek hero Perseus after his victory over the Gorgon Medusa. The statue...
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    since 1797. The painting's global fame and popularity partly stem from its 1911 theft by Vincenzo Peruggia, who attributed his actions to Italian patriotism—a...
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    Benvenuto Cellini (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
    include the Cellini Salt Cellar, the sculpture of Perseus with the Head of Medusa, and his autobiography, which has been described as "one of the most important...
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    Scyphozoa (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
    species of Scyphozoa have two life-history phases, including the planktonic medusa or polyp form, which is most evident in the warm summer months, and an inconspicuous...
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    Gabriel François Doyen (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
    figures of the foreground are similar to those found in The Raft of the Medusa by Théodore Géricault. In 1773 Doyen painted his The Last Communion of St...
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  • — Gallia August 7, 1875 Paris P. M. Henry GAL 98 km MPC · JPL 149 MedusaMedusa September 21, 1875 Toulouse J. Perrotin  · 24 km MPC · JPL 150 Nuwa...
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    Perseus and Medusa's Head where an asterism representing the head of Medusa after Perseus has cut it off already known in ancient Rome. Medusa is a gorgon...
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    the "she" might instead refer to the Oceanid Callirhoe, which would make Medusa's offspring Chrysaor the father of Echidna. The mythographer Pherecydes of...
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  • princess DMP · 147 148 Gallia – Gaul, Roman province DMP · 148 149 MedusaMedusa, mythological Greek monster DMP · 149 150 Nuwa – Nüwa, Chinese mythological...
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    Arachne (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
    Enipeus for Iphimedeia, a ram for Theophane, a horse for Demeter, a bird for Medusa, and a dolphin for Melantho. Apollo transformed into a shepherd for Issa...
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    motion or flight when applied to the attributes of Medusa, especially Medusa's wings. The Medusa is wearing a short skirt which allows her legs freedom...
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    Perseus (constellation) (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
    early 19th century also depicted Perseus holding the disembodied head of Medusa, whose asterism was named together as Perseus et Caput Medusae; however...
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