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Arachne & Medusa, What Did They Really Do to You, Athena?

Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean

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Anarachni: A Woman Ripped by the Gods

Anarachni weaves Leda, who Jupiter seduces and rapes in the form of a swan. An Entiope bears twins from that fucked up union with the king of the gods. She shows Neptune, Poseidon, who also transforms himself into a bull and rapes the daughter of Aolus. And Medusa, mother of Pegasus, and Malantho, which is another story entirely.

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