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Medusa’s decapitator, the Greek hero Perseus, becomes a useful idiot who acts out of ill-considered and selfish interests and succeeds only through the reluctant interventions of quarrelsome gods.

From Washington Post • Feb. 1, 2023

Then, internally, "If Renee could see me, I hope she would be satisfied, and would no longer call me a decapitator."

From The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas père, Alexandre