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Which Roman poet's work Metamorphoses recounts the story of Medusa's transformation from a beautiful priestess into a monster?
Answer
Ovid
Ovid's Metamorphoses, written in the early 1st century AD, tells how Medusa was once a beautiful priestess of Athena before being cursed after Poseidon assaulted her in the goddess's temple.
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Medusa wasn't always a monster. Ovid's Metamorphoses reveals she was a beautiful priestess cursed by Athena for being assaulted in her temple.
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- Virgil
- Horace
- Homer
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