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Rhea Silvia, raped by Mars. Medusa; raped by Neptune in Minerva's temple, as the rape happens in Ovid's version. Lara; raped by Mercury as he escorted her to the Underworld. Caeneus; formerly known as Caenis raped by Neptune in Ovid's version. Endymion; raped by Selene while he was sleeping.
Beyond that, Medusa's story is, Johnston argues, a rape narrative. A story of victim blaming, one that she says sounds all too familiar in a current American context. Medusa is widely known as a monstrous creature with snakes in her hair whose gaze turns men to stone.
Some interpretations, beginning with the Roman poet Ovid’s, posit that the encounter was nonconsensual, and that Poseidon raped Medusa in Athena’s temple. Athena decides to punish Medusa ...
Rape in Greek mythology is a common motif. The struggle to escape from sexual pursuit is one of the most popular motifs of classical mythology.This type of pursuit and struggle could be those of gods assaulting mortals, or mortals upon other mortals, and less commonly also the attacks of mortals upon gods (for example, Ixion's assault of Hera) and gods upon other gods (Poseidon and Demeter ...
Greek poet Ovid recounts how Medusa was transformed into a monster after being seduced and taken advantage of by Poseidon in Athena’s temple. ... Rape victims can be made monsters because of ...
Poseidon was enraged, and sent a drought to plague the city. One day, as an Argive woman named Amymone went out in search of water, came upon a satyr who tried to rape her. Amymone prayed to Poseidon for help, and he scared the satyr away with his trident. [187] After Poseidon rescued Amymone from the lecherous satyr he fathered a child on her ...
The following contains spoilers from Tuesday’s episode of Percy Jackson and the Olympians. Proceed accordingly. After switching up Medusa and Poseidon’s complicated lore, Tuesday’s episode ...
In a late myth invented to explain the origins of the Gorgon, [179] Medusa is described as having been a young priestess who served in the temple of Athena in Athens. [180] Poseidon lusted after Medusa, and raped her in the temple of Athena, [180] refusing to allow her vow of chastity to stand in his way. [180]