![]() ![]() So, Athena seeks revenge on Poseidon by assaulting Medusa, figuring, we guess, that this might make Poseidon sad, or something. But that he raped Medusa in Athena’s temple! Desecration! Well, that cannot go unpunished. I mean a god’s gotta do what a god’s gotta do. After being sexually assaulted by Poseidon in one of Athena’s temples, the goddess was appalled. We learn how Medusa came by her notable do. She needed to devote a full book to this outrage in order to get any peace. If the feeling remained that powerful for so long, it was a message. But the story stayed with her, well, the rage about the story of how ill-treated this supposed monster had been, anyway. In nine-thousand words she offered a non-standard view of the story of heroic Perseus slaying the gorgon. When Natalie Haynes wrote Pandora’s Jar, a collection of ten essays on the women in Greek myths, she included a chapter on Medusa. He is a vicious little thug and the sooner you grasp that, and stop thinking of him as a brave boy hero, the closer you’ll be to understanding what actually happened. Perseus…has no interest in the well being of any creature if it impedes his desire to do whatever he wants. ![]()
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