Medusa: Chiaroscuro Gorgon

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A hyper-detailed, photorealistic portrait of Medusa, the Gorgon from Greek mythology, rendered in dramatic chiaroscuro lighting. She has olive-green, subtly scaled skin with a matte, stone-like texture. Her face is strikingly beautiful yet stern, with sharp cheekbones, full lips, and intense, piercing golden-yellow eyes that stare directly at the viewer. Her hair is a writhing mass of dozens of dark green, glossy snakes with intricate, overlapping scales; each snake has a forked red tongue flicking out, and their heads are raised and alert. She wears a single large, ornate gold earring with a Gorgon face motif in her visible left ear. Draped over her left shoulder is a flowing, off-white, slightly translucent toga-style garment, fastened at the shoulder with a circular, embossed gold brooch. One large snake coils around her neck and upper chest. Behind her is a large, circular, weathered stone medallion or shield, carved with a repeating Greek key (meander) pattern in relief, slightly cracked and aged. The background is a textured, muted ochre-yellow wall with soft vignetting. The overall mood is mythological, powerful, and