MEDUSA

Perhaps one of the saddest stories of any mythology is that of Medusa. A priestess of Athena, Medusa swore an oath of chastity, but her immense beauty draws the attention of mighty Poseidon. Being rejected by a priestess of his biggest rival Athena, Poseidon rapes Medusa in temple of Athena. This sacrilege angers the mighty Goddess but unable to punish her uncle she inflicts an eternal curse to the young priestess. She turns Medusa into a hideous hag, making her hair into writhing snakes and her skin into a greenish hue. Anyone who locked gaze with Medusa was turned into stone. Eventually she is killed by the  hero Perseus but from her blood sprang Chrysaor and Pegasus, her two sons by Poseidon.
This mythos reminds us of the cruelty and unfairness of the Olympian Gods and represents the tragic nature of the Greek mythology.

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