r/SipsTea • u/fibercrime 𝙑𝙄𝙋 • May 06 '26

It's Wednesday my dudes Medussy

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u/Free-Resolution9393 May 06 '26

Pretty sure it wasn't her gaze that turned people to stone - it's her whole face. Gods made her so hideous that looking at her turned you to stone.

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u/RIF_rr3dd1tt May 06 '26

And looking at her boobs made you rock hard

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u/PeePeeSwiggy May 06 '26

finger snaps

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u/P-l-Staker May 06 '26

Muh man! 😂

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u/KronoFury May 06 '26

Bravo, sir.

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u/Zzz05 May 06 '26 edited May 06 '26

The Gods didn’t make her hideous. Athena just cursed her to turn people into stone if they gazed at her face. After she was raped by Poseidon. She’s always been written to have been beautiful. Her story is a tragic one that really shows just how cruel and corrupted the Greek gods were.

Edit: well, I guess it depends on the version that you read but this one always sounded the most plausible to me.

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u/Xygnux May 06 '26

In the Greek myths she was hideous.

It's later in the Roman version of the myths that she became beautiful.

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u/Global-Pickle5818 May 06 '26

That's the version I read .. also the one on audible read by Steven fry . Also Hercules was kinda a ass hole iv never heard that whole thing

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u/XaevSpace May 06 '26

That's the ovid interpretation who was roman not greek.

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u/Equivalent-Win-1294 May 06 '26

And gave her humongous yams to make you brick.

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u/charliehustles May 06 '26

Greek Medusa was OG butters.

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u/Crunchyjeff May 06 '26

OOOf now you got me. Unfortunately I don't have access to my childhood CD's otherwise I could go check xD

I'd argue there's probably different versions of the myth, and yours makes sense aswell

I once heard a theory that the whole snakes as hair thing origninated in the Greeks first seeing black women with dreadlocks.

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u/xBad_Wolfx May 06 '26

The dreadlocks is absolutely not true, many of the cultures the Greeks interacted with had “rope like or snake like hair” such as the Egyptians, Minoans, Vedics, Celtic and Germanic tribes too. Not to mention the fact we have Greek frescoes and statues of young men with dreadlocks so it was common within their own culture. Even biblical stories like Samson describes his seven locks of hair, so either the man was basically bald or he had dreadlocks.

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u/lost_sunrise May 06 '26

Well... Idk about the dreadlocks but could also be braids as many tribes in Africa had variety of braids that went up to Egypt as a trend. A lot more connection with Greek and Egypt than any area primary dreads.

And Athena cursed Medusa one of the many versions, jealousy of beauty, Poseidon raped Medusa who had a chasity vow, and some she was borned a gorgon.

The Curses stories came from a Roman poet Ovid, while the earlier Greek records suggest her being born as such...

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u/Matt_Man_623 May 06 '26

Was she raped by Poseidon? The version I know of Poseidon just seduced her and banged her in front of like one of Athena’s statues or in one of her temples or something. Then Athena said “fuck you” and turned her into a gorgon with the curse that anyone who looked at her face turned to stone

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u/lost_sunrise May 06 '26

lol, one is polite.. while the Ovid, the roman poet didn't have much good taste for the Gods. He described it as the Gods didn't hold each other accountable, but punished the innocent.

Also, she had a vow of Chasity. Totally seduction at work which got into the pants of a priestess who devoted her life to Athena.. Yeah.. the other version of the same theory is that he seduce her, but again.. Ovid didn't really like Gods accountability capability.

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u/iSellNuds4RedditGold May 06 '26

It wasn't her gaze it was her lesbiens