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Why was Medusa cursed? It was either to punish or to protect. However, since she was a mere mortal and her violator was a god, even if she was the victim, she still suffered the consequences of the curse. These two versions of the story of why Medusa was cursed both involved Poseidon and Athena.

According to ancient Greek literature, Medusa was born with a monstrous appearance, but if the Roman version is to be considered, she was once a beautiful young woman. In fact, her beauty was the reason why Medusa cursed.

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Before the curse that Athena placed on her, Medusa was exceptionally beautiful. She was one of the loyal priestesses of the temple of Athena. She even used to be considered the odd member of her family due to her looks, and gracefulness. Coming from a family of sea monsters and nymphs, Medusa was the only one with striking beauty.

Medusa was turned into a monstrous creature. Unfortunately, when Medusa was cursed by Athena, the goddess of wisdom, she was transformed from being the most beautiful in her family to having the worst appearance and looking hideous, especially when compared to her two Gorgon sisters, in addition to her previous self who was beautiful and chaste.

After she was cursed, Medusa, together with her sisters, lived on a remote island away from humankind, because she was constantly chased by warriors as she became a prized target. Nevertheless, none of the warriors who tried to kill her succeeded, all of them were eventually turned into stone.

I saw a comment on youtube and this person says that Athena cursed medusa to save her against men but what I don't get is that if athena really did do this to help her then why would she help perseus kill her if she tried to save her?

So a thought kinda popped into my head not long ago. Medusa turning people to stone is pretty well-known, but that was her specific curse. I forget their names, but when Athena cursed her into becoming a gorgon, her sisters accepted the punishment as well or something. But Medusa was the only one of the three whose gaze could petrify people, since that was the specific curse placed on her; the gorgon look was just a means to that end.

That said, the version I specifically remember said that it was due to her appearance. That she was cursed to look so hideous that any who looked upon her would turn to stone. If that's the case, would the effect continue if the victim didn't think she was ugly? The obvious exceptions aside (blindness, glancing through mirrors or from afar, etc.) if the person in question still thought she was beautiful, would he turn to stone? It's not entirely implausible, especially since the world being as it is, somebody probably would no matter how the curse made her look. Anyone have any thoughts?

The earliest known mention of Medusa occurred in Theogony, an epic poem written by the ancient Greek poet Hesiod sometime around 700 BC. Later on, Medusa was also written about by the ancient Roman poets Ovid and Virgil who expanded on her story and origins more. Ovid mentioned that, before she was cursed, Medusa's hair was particularly beautiful and she was very proud of it. Here's a quote from his Metamorphoses, written around 8 AD:

According to ancient Greek mythology, in Medusa's early days, she was so beautiful she caught the interest of Zeus, the most powerful of all the Greek gods. Zeus impregnated Medusa in a temple of Athena, a powerful Greek goddess. This unholy act in the temple of a virgin goddess so enraged Athena that she put a curse on Medusa to rid her of her beauty. After her curse, Medusa is often described as having huge fanged teeth, a snake-like tongue, clawed hands, a hideous face, and hair made of writhing snakes. In some stories Medusa incurred Athena's wrath by bragging about her beauty but, either way, it was a steep price for Medusa to pay.

The curse also gave Medusa new powers. From then on, every person who looked at her face was turned to stone. According to most other stories, this was a power Medusa's two Gorgon sisters already had, so together the three became a terrifying trio (although Medusa remained the only Gorgon who was mortal).

The two best-known stories of Medusa are her being cursed and how her death came about. Between those two events, she retreated to an island called Sarpedon with her sisters, where they lived in a large cave. The powers of the Gorgons were well known, and people viewed them as terrifying monsters to be avoided at all costs.

Before Athena cursed her, Medusa was a beautiful woman known for her striking looks and charm. She had luscious, long hair that was the envy of many, and her features were said to be so alluring that even the gods themselves were captivated by her beauty.

The child of Phorkys and Keto, Medusa was blessed with radiant beauty and hair. Unsurprisingly, she attracted numerous admirers, among those being Poseidon, God of the Sea. However, Medusa devoted herself to stay pure. Poseidon, enraged by the numerous rejections, surprised Medusa and attempted to take her by force. Medusa, devote of Athena, went to the shrine of Athena hoping the Goddess Of War would come to her aid, but to no avail. In fact, Athena was jealous of Medusa's beauty and lustrous hair. Poseidon ravaged her and took what she held dearly, her purity. Athena, outraged by this incident, cursed Medusa and turned her wonderful hair into venomous snakes, her beautiful face turned so ugly that any man who gazed upon would turn to stone.

One day, the god Poseidon noticed Medusa and became infatuated with her. He approached her and tried to seduce her, but Medusa resisted. In his anger and frustration, Poseidon cursed Medusa, turning her beautiful hair into writhing snakes and making her face so terrifying that anyone who looked upon her would turn to stone.

Unfortunately, this took place in the temple of Minerva. The goddess Minerva (Athena) was unhappy about this behavior and cursed Medusa. Her beautiful head was changed to that of a head full of snakes.

Ovid was certainly familiar with the unclear origin story of Pegasus and Chrysaor, and may have known the few texts that alluded to Medusa as having once been a great beauty. The idea of the Gorgon having been cursed by Athena allowed the story to fit in among tales of avenging gods and deserved punishments.

The Greeks, according to all the surviving sources of the story, had no concept of Medusa as ever having been cursed, however. Until the popular works of the Roman poet Ovid, Medusa was simply seen as a monster.

In the widely believed variation, the power put onto Medusa was a curse from Athena, who was furious at the tainting of her sacred temple. Other iterations of the myth however recognize it as a blessing, a way for Medusa to protect herself after being assaulted by Poseidon.

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Medusa was a daughter of Phorcys and Keto, and was once a priestess of Athena. Poseidon was bitter at Athena for recently turning his beloved Koroneis into a raven, so he decided to get back at her by becoming obsessed with the beautiful girl. Despite being warned about sea gods by her sisters, she was actually flattered that Poseidon liked her. He took her to a town's temple for Athena. As a result of the two getting romantic at the foot of the statue of her, the infuriated and disgusted Athena cursed Medusa, much to Poseidon's horror and dismay. The girl's hair was turned into serpents and any mortal who would look upon her gaze would turn to stone. Eventually, she ended up living in a cave far from civilization with just her sisters, Stheno and Euryale, the three were called the Gorgons. Medusa's sisters were eventually made immortal, though they do not have the power to turn people to stone like her.

As seen in Percy Jackson's Greek Gods, Medusa used to be a beautiful woman. After Athena cursed her, however, Medusa was transformed into a tall woman with slithering green vipers for hair (which gave off a nauseating "reptilian smell"), long hands with sharp brass talons, and bat-shaped wings of Imperial Gold.

Medusa, for the crimes of Poseidon, was punished with the curse of being transformed into a Gorgon. She was blamed unjustly for the violent actions of a man, and the poem by Duffy and the Statue by Garbati highlight the effect of continued violence against a woman who was initially good, but due to repeated circumstances, turned into a vengeful monster.

Many centuries ago in Greece, a cursed creature remained hidden. Among all the monsters who inhabited the nightmares of the Hellenic, this was surely one of the most feared. Many brave heroes dared to hunt this creature, but none ever returned. They said that this being was so hideous that no one could face it. ff782bc1db