☕️ Alice’s Mad Tea Party Presents
🫖 Alice Spills the Tea: The Gorgon Sisters and Medusa’s Deadly Family Drama
Ah, darlings, gather close and steady your nerves, because tonight we are delving into the tangled tresses of family, fury, and petrifying beauty. Yes, it is time to spill the tea on the Gorgon sisters, with Medusa at the center of all the chaos.
Most people know Medusa as the snake-haired monster whose gaze turns men to stone. Oh, she is that, but only partially. Before the monsters, there were sisters. Stheno, Euryale, and sweet Medusa, mortal-born or immortal, depending on which myth you consult. Sisters bound by blood, envy, and a divine sense of irony.
Medusa, alone among them, was mortal. Beautiful, clever, and striking, with hair that shone like spun night. Poseidon, ever the troublemaker, took notice. And in a moment of desecration within Athena’s temple, Medusa was cursed. Athena transformed her gorgeous hair into snakes and made her gaze a weapon, ensuring that any who looked upon her would turn to stone. Tragic, yes, but also dramatic, my darlings, and we do love drama here at the tea table.
Stheno and Euryale, immortal and furious, became guardians, accomplices, and perhaps the sisters Medusa never asked for. They watched, they waited, and they roared with righteous fury whenever anyone dared approach. Family loyalty has its own kind of horror, does it not?
Perseus arrived later, clever and armed with a mirrored shield, winged sandals, and a sword sharp enough to slice the threads of fate. He slew Medusa, but darlings, do not pity her. Medusa’s head continued to wield power long after her death, turning enemies to stone and even inspiring heroes. A final act of defiance, you might say.
What is often overlooked is the sisters’ story, which is far from complete. They mourned, they raged, and they plotted revenge. Myth rarely tells of the quiet, simmering aftermath, but trust me, it exists in whispers and shadows. Medusa’s death did not end the Gorgon saga. It simply changed the nature of the drama.
So sip slowly, darlings, and remember this. Beauty, power, and family can be as deadly as any curse, especially when divinity gets involved.
Yours wickedly,
Alice, Queen of Ink & Lore
✒ Pip’s Editorial Note
From Alice’s Mad Tea Party
The Gorgon sisters - Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa - originate from Greek mythology, with variations across sources. Medusa alone is mortal in most accounts, making her tragedy more poignant. Athena’s curse is sometimes framed as punishment for hubris, sometimes as vengeance for sacrilege, reflecting the moral complexity of myth.
Alice emphasizes family dynamics and the consequences of divine interference, highlighting aspects of the story often left in shadow. Her retelling frames Medusa not as a simple villain, but as a figure of tragedy and defiance, and reminds readers that myths contain untold subplots that echo beyond the central events.
- Pip, Editorial Desk
