Does a greek myth have a version pre-existing a book published 8 AD? Obviously. Hesiod, an actual greek and the guy responsible of most written forms of greek myths, wrote one down, likely based on a pre-existing oral one, in which Medusa is just born that way.
Ovid had this thing where he routinely depicted the gods just plain hating humans. Not acting about as unreasonably as one might expect an antropomorphic personification of a natural, sociological or psychological force, and as the greeks and romans traditionally depict them, but acting in ways I can only describe as punching down.
To be fair, Medusa got screwed over. She gets raped by Poseidon in Athena's temple and then Athena turns her into a monster.
Pretty sure that's another retcon by the roman Rian Johnsson that was Ovid.
Do we have an older version of the story?
Does a greek myth have a version pre-existing a book published 8 AD? Obviously. Hesiod, an actual greek and the guy responsible of most written forms of greek myths, wrote one down, likely based on a pre-existing oral one, in which Medusa is just born that way.
Ovid had this thing where he routinely depicted the gods just plain hating humans. Not acting about as unreasonably as one might expect an antropomorphic personification of a natural, sociological or psychological force, and as the greeks and romans traditionally depict them, but acting in ways I can only describe as punching down.