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  • n  the system of mythology of the Greeks and Romans together; much of Roman mythology (especially the gods) was borrowed from the Greeks
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  • See Real Animals Turned Into Eerie Statues By A Chemically Charged Lake
    According to classical mythology, whenever anyone gazed upon the snake–enveloped face of Medusa, he or she would turn into stone. Apparently, a modern day equivalent to this myth exists in Tanzania, where a lake is calcifying any animal that's spent too much time in its inhospitable waters. Photographer Nick Brandt has been capturing images of wildlife petrified as a direct result of the unique ...
    Oct. 2, 2013 - Fast Company Magazine

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