Medusa in the Shadow of Athena

$4,500.00

36x48 inches (91.44x121.82 cm)
Acrylic painting on canvas

In Ovid’s version of the Medusa myth she wasn’t always a monstrous Gorgon, but a girl raised from infancy to be a priestess in the goddess Athena’s temple. The God Poseidon raped her there. Who was punished? The victim, of course. Athena transformed her into a hideous rage-filled monster deadly to men. Adding injury to insult, she was the only Gorgon to remain mortal - left vulnerable to the conquering hero, Perseus, who slew her. Society creates its own monsters. Does this story sound familiar?

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36x48 inches (91.44x121.82 cm)
Acrylic painting on canvas

In Ovid’s version of the Medusa myth she wasn’t always a monstrous Gorgon, but a girl raised from infancy to be a priestess in the goddess Athena’s temple. The God Poseidon raped her there. Who was punished? The victim, of course. Athena transformed her into a hideous rage-filled monster deadly to men. Adding injury to insult, she was the only Gorgon to remain mortal - left vulnerable to the conquering hero, Perseus, who slew her. Society creates its own monsters. Does this story sound familiar?

36x48 inches (91.44x121.82 cm)
Acrylic painting on canvas

In Ovid’s version of the Medusa myth she wasn’t always a monstrous Gorgon, but a girl raised from infancy to be a priestess in the goddess Athena’s temple. The God Poseidon raped her there. Who was punished? The victim, of course. Athena transformed her into a hideous rage-filled monster deadly to men. Adding injury to insult, she was the only Gorgon to remain mortal - left vulnerable to the conquering hero, Perseus, who slew her. Society creates its own monsters. Does this story sound familiar?