An Augustan Roman marble copy of the head of Medusa. GLYPTOTHEK MUSEUM IN MUNICH In Ovid's Roman retelling of the Greek myth, ...

Medusa is a prominent figure in Greek mythology. In one story from Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Neptune sexually assaulted and impregnated Medusa in a shrine to Minerva.

Greek mythology has been creatively expanded to include stories written from the perspective of the story’s minor characters (often female). These versions turn the original myths upside-down to ...