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The bit about the rape by the sea god occurs only in the Roman poet Ovid's Metamorphoses. Perseus travels by air to Ethiopia (winged sandals), saves Cassiopeia from the sea monster, and is honored at a feast where he gives a speech:
And while a deep sleep held the snakes and herself, he struck her head from her neck. And the swift winged horse Pegasus and his brother, the warrior Chrysaor, were born from their mother’s blood.
He told of his long journeys, of dangers that were not imaginary ones, what seas and lands he had seen below from his high flight, and what stars he had brushed against with beating wings. He still finished speaking before they wished. Next one of the many princes asked why Medusa, alone among her sisters, had snakes twining in her hair. The guest replied, ‘Since what you ask is worth the telling, hear the answer to your question. She was once most beautiful, and the jealous aspiration of many suitors. Of all her beauties none was more admired than her hair: I came across a man who recalled having seen her. They say that Neptune, lord of the seas, violated her in the temple of Minerva. Jupiter’s daughter turned away, and hid her chaste eyes behind her aegis. So that it might not go unpunished, she changed the Gorgon’s hair to foul snakes. And now, to terrify her enemies, numbing them with fear, the goddess wears the snakes, that she created, as a breastplate.’
I don't expect Sony Pictures to pick up that part of the story.
Last edited at Thu, Sep 11th, 2014 12:59
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