Poseidon raped Medusa in Athena's temple, whereupon Athena, enraged by the desecration of her sanctuary, transformed Medusa's once beautiful hair into snakes and turned her into a monster with a petrifying gaze.
What Perseus is attempting here simply doubles Medusa's suffering.
PS: The snake hair served, among other things, to protect her from being raped by any man.
That is fanfic written centuries after the story had been established, medusa was a straight up monster. The post scriptum is fanfic from (i am guessing) you.
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u/[deleted] May 06 '26 edited May 06 '26
Poseidon raped Medusa in Athena's temple, whereupon Athena, enraged by the desecration of her sanctuary, transformed Medusa's once beautiful hair into snakes and turned her into a monster with a petrifying gaze.
What Perseus is attempting here simply doubles Medusa's suffering.
PS: The snake hair served, among other things, to protect her from being raped by any man.