What the People Behind NYC’s Polarizing New Medusa Statue Want You to Know About It

While most modern audiences know Medusa as a snake-headed monster with a lethal gaze, her origin story in Greek myth has a theme that’s remained tragically timeless across thousands of years: a victim blamed for the sins of her attacker. Raped by the sea god Poseidon in a Temple of Athena, Medusa was punished by…

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