Poseidon was in love with Medusa, and seduced her one night in the temple of Athena. In response to this offense, the goddess turned Medusa's hair into snakes and made sure that anyone who looked his eyes were turned to stone.
Medusa was slain by Perseus, who cut off his head looking at his reflection on his shield, polished like a mirror. When he cut the head from Gorgon's neck came the children she had raised after the night with Poseidon, Pegasus and Chrysaor.
According to Ovid, also sprang from his blood red coral and Anfesibena.
Moreover, his head continued to make stone anyone who looked even after being detached from the body:
Perseus, in fact, showed it to Atlas, who became stone.
Finally, the head of Medusa by Perseus was given to Athena, in exchange for the reflecting mirror with which the goddess had suggested to deal with Medusa, so that the monster is killed with his own eyes.
So it was, in fact, and Athena, ricevutala a gift, put it in the middle of its Aegis.
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