‘Medusa isn’t a monster like a dragon. She is a woman who has been raped and punished for it with snakish hair. Her lethal stare is a localised peril: avoid her and you would never be in danger, because she keeps herself far away from mortals. She is damaged first by a God, then by a Goddess. And finally Perseus comes looking for her to kill her and mutilate her, to satisfy a whim of another man. No matter who she encounters - besides her sisters - they only want to kill her.’ Natalie Haynes, Pandora’s jar Painting comes with a 1/1 NFT minted on Manifold contract