Athena and her brother Poseidon were at odds over what would be the capital of Greece, Athena won, and Poseidon irrationally and immaturely raped one of his faithful followers, Medusa.
Even after being raped, Medusa remained faithful to Athena and continued to frequent her temple.
Angry with Medusa, Athena decided to punish the young woman, accusing her of having caused the situation by being too vain, and punished her by turning her hair into snakes, thus taking away her beauty, and cursing her so that everyone who looked into her eyes became angry. turned to stone.
Violated, cursed and labeled monstrous after her transformation, Medusa isolated herself so as not to continue passing on evil, until she was killed by Perseus.
After being killed, her body remained violated when Perseus decided to use his curse as a weapon, so he took Medusa's head with him to petrify people.
