The turning point came when Poseidon, the mighty God of the sea, violated her within the sacred confines of Athena’s temple. Athena, instead of offering solace, blamed and punished Medusa by ...

The book has been hailed as a feminist retelling of Medusa’s myth, however, for me, she remained a victim without any agency – a mere pawn of the selfish, cruel and egotistical gods. Even her tragic ...