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Why do you think Athena punished Medusa, and not Poseidon, for what was done in her temple?

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She was lovely, according to the poem—until she was raped in Athena's temple by Poseidon. Athena then punished her for this violation, by turning her into the monstrous, stony-glanced creature that we know.

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