![]() ![]() ![]() As Medusa deals with her new life with a head of snakes and a gaze that turns people to stone, Haynes interjects by addressing the reader with a question: “I’m wondering if you still think of her as a monster. Haynes recasts Medusa, the only mortal from a family of gods, not as a monster but as survivor of rape by Poseidon, whose wife, Athena, then punishes her for it. Haynes ( A Thousand Ships) reframes the story of Medusa from Greek mythology as one of victim-shaming in this sharp retelling. ![]()
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