Medusa Misunderstood
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Aims:
As a seven year old, I was fascinated by Greek mythology. Like many bookish children, this love was fuelled by the novels of Rick Riordan (namely the Percy Jackson series), although it all began with the audiobook version of ‘Atticus The Storyteller’s 100 Greek Myths’ by Lucy Coats. My parents had purchased the tape in an attempt to subdue the constant bickerings that come with having three small children in the same enclosed space for over five minutes. Fortunately, the stories became the highlight of many car trips. By the time I was entering my third year of primary school, the heroic feats of Heracles and the etymology of the word narcissist had been burned into my brain. I found myself spellbound by the stories, quite oblivious to the sinister truth behind the conception of such wondrous creatures as Pegasus, the winged horse, who was in fact the product of a brutal rape. When I began high school, my love for history had moved beyond the Ancient Greeks and I had developed a penchant for more modern topics, spending much of Tuesday morning’s assembly in anticipation of the lesson on the transatlantic slave trade to follow, despite its morbidity. Though I had taken a glimpse into many periods of history, classical and modern alike, I began to notice a thread that seemed to be woven throughout the entirety of my historical