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Athena (Minerva) - Athena's Temple and the Gorgon Medusa
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Athena's Temple and the Gorgon Medusa
Complainant (Athena) brought charges of disorderly conduct and disturbing the peace against Poseidon for sleeping with Medusa in Athena's sacred temple.
Case Status: Athena sought retribution by turning Medusa into a snake-headed monster. Zeus's son, Perseus, severed her head. Case closed.