On one occasion he made a journey through Arcadia. […] Medusa was the only one of them that was mortal. […] The sheep were very large, and Odysseus, with bands of willow, had linked them together three abreast, and under each centre one had secured one of his companions, Odysseus himself being on the last one. […] They hastily hauled her on the raft, and examined her paws one by one. […] The one word was probably substituted for the other.