What did Medusa do to turn someone into stone?

Medusa was originally a ravishingly beautiful maiden, "the jealous aspiration of many suitors," but because Poseidon had raped her in Athena's temple, the enraged Athena transformed Medusa's beautiful hair to serpents and made her face so terrible to behold that the mere sight of it would turn onlookers to stone. read more

Medusa was originally a ravishingly beautiful maiden, "the jealous aspiration of many suitors," but because Poseidon had raped her in Athena 's temple, the enraged Athena transformed Medusa's beautiful hair to serpents and made her face so terrible to behold that the mere sight of it would turn onlookers to stone. read more

Medusa turns people to stone because the goddess Athena caught Medusa and Poseidon in Athena's temple making love, so she cursed Medusa to become ugly, and her curse also included turning anyone who looks into her eyes to stone. read more