![]() For the sake of looking at how language depicting women has changed, I will be using two different translations, one from 1922 and one from 1998 for Ovid’s Metamorphoses. Therefore, because they refused to conform to the patriarchal society they existed in, they were villainized. Both of these women were powerful forces of nature and this directly violated how society thought they should behave. Medusa suffered because a man felt entitled to her body, and after her transformation she became hunted and classified as a monster simply for defending herself. In comparison, Medusa becomes a literal monster after being cursed by Athena, her transformation occurs because she was raped and violated by a God. Medea became a villain after betraying Jason and killing their children but like Medusa, her villainization has more to do with her being a powerful woman in a patriarchal society. Their actions however, strayed from the expectations society had of them, and as a result they were villainized. ![]() ![]() Medea and Medusa, prior to their villainization, were described as great beauties. Women who strayed from the standard in ancient Greece were often depicted as monsters and villains in both art and literature.
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