![]() Being a sworn devotee to the temple of Athena, Medusa on countless occasions rejected the advances of Poseidon. One day, Medusa was walking along the seaside when she caught the attention of the sea god Poseidon. Poseidon – one of the 12 Olympian gods and the god of the sea, storms, oceans and horses Safe to say that those comments did not go down too well with Athena, who was by then overflowing with jealousy mixed with resent. Some even went as far as saying that the priestess’s hair rivaled Athena’s. With every passing day, thousands of men would visit Athena’s temple to glance at Medusa’s beauty. And so the beautiful Medusa was taken under the wings of Athena and became the priestess of the goddess’s temple. Instead she swore an oath before Athena to remain a maiden all her life. However, Medusa didn’t allow any of those complements get into her head. Often times, men would compare Medusa’s beauty to goddesses like Athena and Artemis. Some of those admirers also included Greek gods, particularly Poseidon, the Greek god of the sea. It was said that her beauty caused many men from far and wide to throng her residence to seek her hand in marriage. The question that then begs to be answered is: How did Medusa go from a beautiful woman with golden color hair to one of the most terrifying creatures in Greek mythology? Medusa and PoseidonĪs stated in the introduction, Medusa was born extremely beautiful. She was known for her astonishing beauty and grace. The only mortal child of her parents, Medusa had a number of siblings, including the Graiae – a trio of women who share one eye between them. Her parents were siblings and children of Gaia and Pontus. Medusa and her familyĪccording to Hesiod, Medusa’s parents – Phorcys and Ceto – are chthonic sea deities. In the article below WHE explores the myth surrounding Medusa and the Greek god of the Sea Poseidon. ![]() However, what often gets less attention is how Poseidon, the Greek god of the sea, had a role in Medusa’s descent from a gorgeous woman to one of the most dreadful-faced monsters in Greek mythology. We all know of how Medusa, the snaky-haired, terrifying monster whose glance could turn anyone to stone, got decapitated by the Greek hero Perseus. So how did Medusa get such an awful deal in Greek mythology? The snake-haired gorgon Medusa was not always a hideous and terrifying creature rather she was a beautiful woman, whose beauty and elegance was at some point compared to the goddess Athena. Of all the characters in Greek mythology, Medusa is perhaps the one who had the worst kind of fate.
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