#metoo
A myth of a myth. But also real.
Let’s start by telling Medusa’s story. No, not the one where she is the monster that petrifies people. The story about who this all started…
Background story : The myth
According to the poet Ovid, Medusa, before becoming a monster, was a beautiful priestess of the goddess Athena. As a priestess, she was required to maintain her virginity, but she attracted the attention of the god Poseidon. Despite the girl's refusals, he persisted until he eventually raped her inside Athena’s temple.
Athena became enraged not so much with Poseidon, but… with the priestess. So she decided to punish her by turning her into the fearsome monster, transforming her enchanting curls into snakes.
The above information about the myth comes from The Handbook of Mythical Creatures by Konstantinos Loukopoulos.
Me too : a new myth
Medusa was not the only one. Poseidon had abused and raped multiple women. Many of them transformed to monsters. Some were sea monsters with horrible tentacles, doomed to breath water and never smell the breezy spring flowery fields again.. Some became amorphous creatures as they could not live in their body after suffering the abuse.
It did not take long since the word was out. The meeting spot? The Sounio, where his majestic temple is, where he is worshiped by god-fearing humans.
But we do not fear any more. I am Medusa too.
By Konstantina Diamantopoulou.
Painted with Ink, Ecolines, Watercolor.
Writen with Fantasy, Ethos and Keyboard.