Evidence
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| Tradition | Source | Passage | Confidence | Evidence | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 7298-7393 | high | Diodorus and Pausanias are cited for accounts of the Gorgons as female warriors near Lake Tritonis and of Medusa as a ruler whom Perseus surprises by night, kills, and whose remarkable face he cuts off and takes to Greece. | record |