![]() ![]() She was the bane of many heroes and innocent bystanders alike, until she was ultimately slain by a hunky Harry Hamlin Perseus. Most know Medusa as the hideous, snake-haired creature whose gaze turns men, women, and even sea-monsters rock hard, but not in the good way. ![]() The story involves the origins of one of the most gruesome, and infamous monsters in all of Greece: the Gorgon Medusa. In Aimee Maroux’s Taken by Greek Gods: Poseidon and Medusa-Ravished by the Sea God, the author intends to expand upon one of these events in Greek mythology that often get glazed over. This is in part due to many of those events being particularly gruesome, even by ancient society’s standards, and the fact that many stories were passed on orally (giggity) and therefore the smaller details were lost to time. ![]() In mythological stories, certain events are recounted in a very matter-of-fact or an incredibly short manner. ![]()
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