In my opinion, Athena took advantage of the situation to exact her revenge on Medusa for taking away her followers. The fact that she refused to hear the girl's side of the story, proves that the goddess wasn't as wise as she wanted others to think. The Olympian gods were always jealous when humans worshiped other humans instead of them. Another example is Aphrodite's rage towards Psyche.

Betrayal by the one you loved the most. Athena was beyond cruel

Medusa's story is a tragedy. She did not deserve such a cruel fate.

Athena was the true villain in this version of the Medusa story.

Medusa deserves more than any of this 💚.

Cassandra better be lucky Poseidon wasn't into her because he has the mindset of " I like you and I want you; we can do things the easy way or the hard way-the choice is yours."

This version was more of the times of Rome. The original story was of 3 Gorgons, sisters of the Graeae. The whole Poseidon and Athena thing came later. Originally they were born monsters, 2 immortal, one (medusa) not. They were known as deadly hideous monstrous women who turned men to stone just by sight if looked upon (not just eye contact), if you physically saw one with your own eyes, you were turned to stone. The mirror loophole worked.

The story of how medusa, a beautiful woman is wrong by the gods, tormented by the gods, and killed by a demigod

Momus: "You heartless monsters! Have You No sense of compassion inside you, let alone, dignity! You've turned one of your servants to be a monster ridiculed by their visage! You are no better than the titans you've imprisoned in Tartarus!" Poseidon: "You have no right to be here! What Athena did is admirable and-" Momus: "Save it! The last thing we, Greco-Romans, want from you is YOUR NEVER-ENDING STUPIDITY!!!"

I must say that Athena was very unfair in this version against Medusa.

If you are gonna use Roman Myths use their Roman names Minerva , Neptune etc etc , In Greek myths Medusa was always a Gorgon along with her other Gorgon sisters.

Athena being the goddess of pettiness, spite, jealousy, and betrayal

The original version of the Medusa myth states that she was born from Phorcys and Ceto as a Gorgon from the start, along with her other two Gorgon sisters. The version everyone keeps spreading and erroneously calling the "canon" one was invented centuries later by the Roman poet Ovid, which is why there are so many inconsistencies and plot holes, especially everything about Athena (or in this case, Minerva). He used figures such as Medusa, Arachne, Callisto and others to portray the gods (i.e. the emperor Augustus) as fickle, vengeful, cruel and irrational beings, even more so than their Greek counterparts. He reimagined them as abusive because that's how he perceived the Roman politics of his time, and he REALLY didn't like Augustus. Being banished by him only exasperated the issue. The Arachne myth also has a very unusual and jarring depiction of Athena/Minerva, where she gets uncharacteristically salty when she loses the weaving competition - thus proceeding to punish her opponent into a spider out of sheer spite and poor sportsmanship, another alteration from the original story which completely changes the point of the story. I get that this is still considered a version of the same myth but don't just ignore the original it had come from. For a channel focused on these stories you should know better.

I hope when the animated show comes out, it’s message isn’t “Asexuals are ruthless and don’t care about peoples feelings” but instead “There is still humanity in a powerful person”

This is the revised Roman story. It's centuries newer than the original origin story. She's actually supposed to be the youngest of the three Gorgon sisters.

Perhaps one of the most tragic characters in Greek mythology, or at least, in Ovid's Metamorphosis.

I feel bad for Medusa. I wanna mourn for her. 😢

This is just sick, for a goddess who is known for "wisdom", it's just sad. Medusa was clearly begging her for help before Poseidon got to her and Athena could still have protected her from such fate, but she decided to leave her alone and appear just to punish her after the incident had taken place 🥴

Betrayed by the very goddess she worshipped.

6:45 Wow Athena...REALLY?🤨 And you're supposed to be the wisest and most empathetic god in the Greek pantheon. 😒

Note: The descriptions made by the roman poet Ovid about Medusa inspired this script. Gaps in the story were filled by me, in a fictional way, to make the original myth, which is composed of a few verses, more accessible to the new generations you should put this sort of disclaimer at the beginning of your videos so we know you are pandering to specific audiences

At least Kratos avenged Medusa.

See what people might not know is that she got caught in the middle of a beef between Athena and Poseidon.

Personally, I think the gods of Olympus were worse than the Titans, and this is the reason why people stop worshiping them they saw them for what they really were unjust monsters.

One is left to wonder: if the story had been told by woman instead, would it have actually been Athena giving Medusa the power to never be taken without her consent ever again?

To me, I have a lovely long hair that close to my ankle, but no snakes. Just a spread of kindness and courage with my hair like Rapunzel.

This was a later addition to her story. Originally Gorgons were just monster that were never human meaning Medusa was always just a monster.

1:14 Medusa had fun and wonderful life her best friend Ethically. 2:58 Well that was good. 5:31 He arrive stood between Poseidon and Medusa. 6:35 Athena said and punish the priestess. 7:46 Ethically arrive and search what happen to Medusa but turn into a stone her best friend. She ran away and turn all people into a stone who look in her eyes. She found an ancient temple in Ruins. After Poseidon push Ethically away kick out. 9:29 She prey Athena statue in ancient temple in Ruins. 10:45 Medusa look at Athena shield and then Perseus severed Medusa's head then dead. After he arrive. 11:13 Perseus returned to Athena her Aegis. She carried Poseidon's divine seed and from her blood Chrysaur was born the warrior of the golden sword and wing horse Pegasus. 12:10 Totally impressive Athena glorified Medusa by adding the gorgon's head to her shield. 👏👏 Now that was true sad story of Medusa in history.

Thank you for posting this video. People could learn alot from this story.

If I was medusa, I would have helped kratos in defeating the gods

In the original ancient greek version of the myth Medussa was born a monster as her sisters were. The "victim" version was an Ovid creation who despised the greek gods and loved to present them as evil beings.

Poseidon title scummiest god ever

After watching both seasons of Atlantis, I agree! Medusa was a victim who had a tragic end just as Atlantis did with its third season.

5:07....*sigh* 😑 Just as bad as Zeus. Then again they are brothers, so the grape drive doesn't fall far from the depraved tree..😕

Even after all of this she still respected Athena smh

Thanks for the video. I have heard her story many times but not in depth like what is narrated in this video. It's a very useful video. 😍😍

The victim shaming even back then 😢

This version was popularized by Ovid, who made Greek myths more scandalous for the Roman audience. In older versions during Greece she was simply the daughter of primordial sea gods.

Athena betrayed her. Can't believe even when medusa was slain , Athena continued to use her in her Shield 😢

Athena Was Smart Enough To Understand The Praise Medusa Received Wasn't Her Fault, But Wasn't Smart Enough To Understand Poseidon's Malicious Objective....I Never Understood That 🤨 She's Supposed To Be So Wise

There’s no such thing as a ‘victim’ in paganism, she just had an unfortunate fate.

Medusa, One of the most beautiful and innocent women in history.

did you know Medusa was the daughter of Phorcys and Ceto, two primordial gods?

Old school Blame The Victim

The story of mudesa in the nutshell 10/10

Slaanesh is not happy

I believe the version of Athena giving the gift to Medusa turning men to stone to protect her.

Never meet your heroes!

One of Greek mythology's biggest victims I sympathize the most.

Certainly depends on which version of the story is told and there certainly have been many through the centuries. In this version that is certainly the case.

While Poseidon is *clearly* at fault for this atrocity bestowed upon poor Medusa, Athena proves herself unworthy of the moniker of "wisdom." How do you blame the victim of anything and just let the guilty party walk away free? Unless Athena said, "Poseidon is my uncle and Zeus would exempt him." plot armor, then she's just a bad deity. I can't believe I'm saying this but, Aphrodite is a better goddess than Athena. If Medusa chose her, then at least she could've lived her life happily.

She sure was a victim and her “patron goddess” didn’t protect her even if Medusa was always loyal and devout. Lesson to be learned: “Never trust a stone image to help you and always rely on yourself to get ahead in life” 🤷

Finally there's a story about Medusa who was the victim of Poseidon and Athena. Medusa has always been innocent. Thank God 🙏🏻.

I always loved Medusa and now I am glad that she is actually a good woman and a victim

this is just the ovid version ,in rome much much later than the first story of Medusa.long story short ,she was born like this and she wasn't born a human like !

Quite disappointed in this video. Most of this story telling is made up based on some information given by Ovid which is not part of Greek myths rather it's roman myths. It's amazing how people intentionally hide his information. Its okay if you want to use stories from roman myths just use roman names of the gods and describe the stories under roman myths.

This story only shows how evil the gods are.

Makes you just wanna rewatch the god of war 3 fight with Poseidon a bit more differently

every time i hear this version of the myth of Medusa I can't help but feel Hate and Courage towards the gods Athena and Poseidon 😠😢

The choppy fps is giving me a headache it needs to be sped up or something idk what it is.

Good story! 👏 😔

This story is not correct, Medusa has always been a monster, she betrayed Athena by laying with Poseidon and the goddess punished her accordingly

In my opinion or rather my stories, Zeus, Poseidon, Athena, and Aphrodite are all Pure Evil. Sure, you'll defended their actions by saying "they helped most of the time" but the fact that their pride, ignorance, and hypocrisy outweighs their goodness makes them the real villains of Ancient Greece!

Athena should have listened to Medusa after Poseidon ravaged her in her own Temple but because of that, she turned the human born of sea serpents into a hideous creature that turn men into stone and because of Athena's actions and stubbornness She also caused the fall of her own Temple and the City that was named after her. I hope Athena is up in the heavens proud of herself after the horrible action she took against her most devoted Priestess

would be good to include the date of the story and along with it to tell the oldest version and date ,then the people would not be confused .

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Petrifying gaze!!!

1:12, she has a left foot on her right leg. Why this is such a common mistake for artists is beyond me.

I know God of war changed a lot of the original mythology to make the gods appear more villainous but I'm not sure he would have been unjustified in killing them in the original mythology either.

The most misunderstood person in Greek Mythology

Eh yes and no. It all depends on the version of the story

Athena was the one who was vain in the end 🧿💫

Ok to be clear this is only another story of Medusa. In the previous stories she was always a gorgon but in the Hesiod she actually seduced Poseidon.

Slaaaaaayyyy queen

And then people asked me why I prefer the Norse and Egyptian pantheon more than the Greek pantheon

The irony of Athena doing this as to not lose her good reputation only to do something so monstrous to someone that she her self shattered any kind of good reputation for herself

I love you so much

Iphicles was brother of hercules (heracles)

For a goddess of inteligence, war and battle strategy Athena sure is dumb all because of her jealousy. She doesn't deserve Medusa's love.

An ancient victim blaming

Shes not? This is a version written by Ovid, a Roman

In my opinion, there was no way to get revenge on posieden. The only thing the goddess could do is give her a power, so power to go against any person who looks at her. And in the end, serves her faithfully on her shield, as her most loyal subject confronting every obstacle together.

A tragic and cruel undeserved fate. A betrayal of trust. But if I recall correctly the gods couldn't punish each other out right. But her fate was unjustified.

This is roman story not greek in greek story she was always gorgon monster

Ares is the real hero of Greek Mythology

Killing Poseidon in God of War 3 doesn't seem so bad after watching this.

When i was a kid i thought Madusa was a evil monster, but now listening to this really made me sad. I need to stop reading about ancient Greek mythology everytime i hear things like this makes me dislike ancient Greece.

Poor Medusa

So she prayed for the Goddess many times for protection, and the Goddess played deaf, but when the damage was done, the Goddess decided to punish her... Now I see where the new Gods learned that from

In Greek myth, it was never said she was born as a human. 95% of this video is just… made up and doesn’t exist in any myth. Why would you peddle your own story as Greek myth?? Also, no author ever said she was a priestess of Athena, not even Ovid. Again, no basis in any Greek myth. I’m really disappointed you based this video on a story written by a Roman who had an agenda, and not on actual Greek myth. It’s deceiving to your viewers. And to anyone who says “but different versions can exist and myth is evolving”. That doesn’t mean anyone can create new myths, at any time - myths are reflective of the cultural and religious beliefs, with influence of historical events sometimes, of the people who wrote them. They aren’t just fanciful stories. Ovid hated Greeks, and he hated the authorities in Rome that punished him - his story about Medusa was a way to express that anger, and the kicker? He explained her story in maybe two lines, so even he didn’t care about her at all, he just wanted a vehicle for his anger.

So apparently I looked this up and it's not the original version. Your telling the made up Ovid version. In the original version Medusa Was Born this way. Come on my little history buddy you should know about this.

What's the name of the music used??

Guess athena blamed medusa for poseidon

what happened why did they reupload this

is she? she did it with a god come on lol, i never understood how perseus grab the medusa's head without watching her eyes lol

I'd wonder if Helen and Medusa have similar stories one born from a goose and the other one born from the Nymphs .

Both Athena, Poseidon, and Zeus are rotten to the core.

They always portray Zeus and his brothers ancient-looking. Their faces look like that of a hermit then have bodies of young muscular man.

Kratos did the right thing by killing Athena even if it was accidental

EXTREMELY SAD. MEDUSA WAS A VICTIM. A PURE HEARTED VICTIM. EVEN TODAY, PEOPLE WITH POWER DO THIS TO THE WEAK AND FRAIL. SAD. 😢