Medusa (queen or ruler) was one of the three Gorgon sisters, born to the sea deity Phorcys and Ceto (Phorcys' wife and sister). Stheno (strength) and Euryale were the other two sisters (wide-leaping). Medusa, according to the Greek poet Hesiod, resided among the Hesperides in the Western Ocean at Sarpedon. She was described as a beautiful woman with hair that flowed down her back like the rays of the sun and eyes that could turn people to stone. According to myth, Medusa killed her husband Sarpedon when he disobeyed her order not to go to war. After his death, she became ruler of the Mimallons who lived near the coast of Lycia in what is now Turkey. It is from this tribe that Jason and the Argonauts received their quest when they went looking for the Golden Fleece. After becoming queen, Medusa married Phegeus son of Agenor, a prince from Crete. They had two children named Palamedes and Pelopia who became queens of Crete later on. One day while walking in the palace garden with her children, Medusa was attacked by Perseus who was sent by his father Zeus to kill him. In order to do so, he used his sharp sword to cut off her head which still produces snakes instead of hair. When Medusa's body fell to the ground, her children fled in fear; only Palamedes stayed behind to fight against Perseus.