Some of you may recall the old Chiffon margarine commercial’s warning that “It is not nice to fool Mother Nature.” Mother Nature had nothing on the Goddess Circe who was the original liberated woman.

A Greek coin showing Pegasus and the goddess, Athena ... dreadful moment Perseus was tempted to look up at her to meet her eyes but with all his strength he kept his head turned away as Athena ...

Its scientific name is Uropterygius hades, after the Greek god of the underworld ... Its bean-shaped eyes made it well-suited to cave life. Although they did not spot any bean-eyed snake morays ...