Athena wasn't solely jealous, but her curse on Medusa stemmed from rage and a sense of betrayal after Poseidon raped Medusa in Athena's temple, desecrating it; while some versions suggest Athena was also envious of Medusa's beauty (especially her hair) and the attention she received, the primary motivation was punishing Medusa for the sacrilege and for breaking her vow as a priestess, redirecting anger she couldn't direct at Poseidon.
She was a beautiful maiden with particularly lovely hair who committed herself to a chaste life in order to serve as a priestess to Athena. Athena was jealous, and when she found out that Medusa and Poseidon had broken her vow of chastity she went ballistic.
She punished Medusa for breaking her vow of chastity as a priestess by engaging in a forbidden relationship with Poseidon within the sacred confines of her temple. This act of punishment reflected Athena's wrath and also served as a means to protect the sanctity of her temple and the chastity of her priestesses.
In Ovid, Poseidon rapes Medusa in Athena's temple. In McMullan, Poseidon lures her there under false pretences with the end goal of making romantic advances. In both, Medusa is an innocent victim, and in both Athena is unconcerned with Medusa's lack of complicity and punishes her, not Poseidon.
Homosexuality and bisexuality
Apollo, the god of sun and music, is considered the patron of same sex love, as he had many male lovers and was often invoked to bless homosexual unions. He is also called "the champion of male love" by Andrew Callimach.
Poseidon's Affairs
The product of this union was the divine horse, Arion. On another occasion, Poseidon seduced the gorgeous maiden, Medusa, in one of Athena's temples. Naturally, the virgin goddess was enraged that her temple was so defiled.
At the time she was beheaded, Medusa was namely pregnant by Poseidon, god of the sea. Two drops of her blood fell into the sea, from which the giant Chrysaor and the winged horse Pegasus sprang.
In Greek mythology, the legend of Orpheus and Eurydice (Greek: Ὀρφεύς, Εὐρυδίκη, romanized: Orpheus, Eurydikē) concerns the pitiful love of Orpheus of Thrace, located in northeastern Greece, for the beautiful Eurydice.
However, contact with the power of this place meant that Athena was completely consumed by Greed, the Evil of Pandora that had infected her (just as the other Gods had been infected by other Evils: Poseidon by Wrath, Hades by Hatred, Zeus by Fear,...), consuming her and transforming her into a Divinity in perpetual ...
Poseidon claims Percy is his favorite son but he has at least two other good ones that have been just as Great: Thesus- Great King of Athens who slayed the minotaur (Posiedon's mistake) and did a bunch of other Heroic stuff.
Danaë and Zeus, in the form of golden rain, had sexual relations. Danaë became pregnant and had a son named Perseus. There are many paintings depicting Danaë and this myth of the golden rain.
However, the powerful sea-god Poseidon fell in love with Medusa. He was particularly attracted to the priestess's beautiful golden hair. The god seduced Medusa and laid with her in Athena's temple. When Athena learned of these events, the goddess felt personally betrayed.
When Medusa saw the sculptures, she commented that she was far more beautiful than Athena. She mentioned that the goddess' eyes were too beady and that it was a shame that the temple was wasted on Athena.
Punished for Being a Victim
Poseidon raped Medusa in the Temple of Athena, and the goddess of wisdom and war was so angry that she transformed Medusa's hair into "loathsome snakes." "Instead of punishing the god, Athena punished the mortal, which was unfair," says Syropoulos.
Medusa and her sister Stheno both have green snakes for hair while Euryale has coral snakes. A group of living organisms belonging to the Cnidarian family are named Medusa, since they have tentacles hanging like the snakes in Medusa's hair. Blind people and immortals are immune to her curse.
Oizys was the ancient Greek goddess of grief, anxiety, and depression. Her Roman name “Miseria” is where the modern term “misery” comes from. We take you into the forest of the Gods, where she now rest in peace.
But of the six females, three - Athena, Artemis and Hestia - are dedicated virgins, steadfast in their refusal to marry; while one- Zeus' consort Hera - is what might be called a semi-virgin, since she is able to renew her virginity annually by bathing in a sacred spring at Canathus, near Argos.
Death of Adonis
Aphrodite dreamed of the hunting accident and forewarned Adonis about his death. He did not listen, however, and was impaled by the boar during his hunt. The boar killed him, much to the dismay of Aphrodite. Her tears mixed with the blood of Adonis, and on the ground, the red anemone flower bloomed.
Even though they know that Athena, equal in strength and intelligence to her father, is to be born before Metis conceives a son, Zeus takes no chances and swallows Metis ahead of time. After swallowing Metis, Zeus gives birth to Athena—fully arrayed in the arms of war—from his head.
In the Ovid's Metamorphoses, Minerva punishes Medusa by turning her into a monster because Neptune raped her in Minerva's temple. The title, “alternis inmixti crinibus angues” (“Snakes Mixed-In with Coiling Hair”), comes from line 792 of Book 4 of Ovid's Metamorphoses.
Ganymede, a beautiful Trojan young man, was aducted by Zeus to serve as his personal cupbearer and lover on mount Olympus among the other gods.
Notes. Athena did not have any consorts / lovers. She was one of the virgin goddesses.