7/31/2023 0 Comments Medusa and poseidon![]() He is even glorified as the Gorgon-killer, as can be seen in his most famous artistic representation, the 16 th-century sculpture by Benvenuto Cellini (Fig. Even then, he only decided not to hold himself or others responsible for this tragedy, accountable. The only time their part in Medusa’s tragedy is acknowledged is in Robert Graves’s version of Perseus’s story, “Perseus was unaware that these had been begotten on Medusa by Poseidon in one of Athene’s temples” and even then, Perseus “decided not to antagonize them further.” When a dishonourable king, who was intending to forcefully marry Perseus’s mother, asked him to decapitate Medusa, he didn’t hesitate but he only spent a brief moment, thinking about his actions when he learnt about Medusa’s actual story. Like all Greek Gods, both Poseidon, the rapist, and Athena, the unfair judge, continue to be glorified in Greek Mythology. While Frank Justus Miller translates this as Poseidon “ravished her”, Brookes More translates this as Poseidon “attained her love.” More’s translation does not only alleviate the actions of Poseidon, but it also even suggests a willingness on Medusa’s part which reminds us of today’s “asking for it” narrative. The original version of Metamorphoses was written in Latin and when talking about the encounter between Medusa and Poseidon, he uses the word “vitiasse” which directly translates to “violate” or “corrupt”. Not knowing the story from a first-person perspective gives way to interpretations which makes her story open to exploitation. None of the classical stories mentions Medusa speaking and even her story is told by another, a man, on top of that. Perseus tells the story of Medusa that he learns about after he kills her. The first mention of Medusa is by Ovid in Metamorphoses circa 8 A.D. ![]() ![]() ![]() Unlike many gods and heroes of Greek mythology, Medusa doesn’t have a story of her own instead, she is widely mentioned under the story of her killer, Perseus and her full story only comes to life when one goes through several sources. – This overlooked tragedy of Medusa from ancient times, unfortunately, still protects its relevance to this day, as many Medusas are among us. The well-known snakes of Medusa were, in fact, a curse by Athena: a curse that turns her beauty into terror. Athena turned her eyes away when the incident happened and later got angry at Medusa, the victim, for making her temple desacralised. She then drew the attention of one of the Twelve Olympians, the God of Sea, Poseidon, who raped her in Athena’s temple. She was a beautiful woman who attracted many suitors whom she rejected as she was a priestess of Athena and needed to be chaste to remain so. Medusa was one of the three Gorgon sisters, children of a sea god, Phorcys. What many don’t know is the actual story of Medusa as a rape victim. From the blood that spurted from her neck sprang Chrysaor and Pegasus, her two sons by Poseidon.Medusa could be one of the most known figures of Greek Mythology, thanks to its modern representations of a cunning female figure with snakes for hair that turns anyone who looks at them into stone. Medusa was the only Gorgon who was mortal hence her slayer, Perseus, was able to kill her by cutting off her head. ![]() She was usually represented as a winged female creature having a head of hair consisting of snakes unlike the Gorgons, she was sometimes represented as very beautiful. The severed head, which had the p - Picture of Medusa, Fuheis Photo: Medusa, in Greek mythology, the most famous of the monster figures known as Gorgons. From the blood that spurted from her neck sprang Chrysaor and Pegasus, her two sons by Poseidon. Medusa, in Greek mythology, the most famous of the monster figures known as Gorgons. ![]()
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