I recently read a version where Medusa was raped by Poseidon and then blamed for it. I think many of us would ask how this could possibly happen. One only needs to look as far as our own cultures, past and present, regional and religious that would villianize the victim of rape or abuse. Disowned by family, communally shunned, executed … the believability of the harsh judgement handed to the fictional Medusa, does not stray far from the real life characters (he, she, they) of our own stories.