The Medusa by Gian Lorenzo Bernini is on view through February 19, 2012 at the Legion of Honor, Lincoln Park, 100 34th Avenue, San Francisco, 415-750-3600,legionofhonor.famsf.org.

However, Medusa’s power surpassed death. Perseus had to keep her decapitated head in a special sack strong enough to contain it, highlighting the enduring legacy of the snake-haired demoness Medusa.

Their wall paintings, the likes of which are rarely found in the region, feature characters like Demeter, goddess of earth and grain, as well as the head of Medusa, the infamous gorgon whose gaze ...

“Medusa” is showing at the Zeiders American Dream Theater in Virginia Beach through Saturday. Core Theatre adapted and wrote its own interpretation of the myth.