the poet writes that Medusa was originally a beautiful maiden who was raped by Neptune in a temple that was owned by Greek goddess, Minerva. When the goddess of wisdom found out about the rape ...

In a later version, as told by the Roman poet Ovid, Medusa is a beautiful human woman ... the earliest depictions of Medusa as an innocent maiden, with Perseus creeping up on the sleeping Gorgon.

According to the main variation of her tale, Medusa was once a beautiful young woman. It was that beauty that caught the attention of sea god Poseidon, who is said to have raped her in Athena's ...

According to legend, Poseidon, the god of the sea, raped a maiden named Medusa in the temple of Athena. Blaming Medusa for the temple’s defilement, Athena turned her into a monstrous gorgon ...

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