A close up of the sculpture ‘Medusa with the head of Perseus,’ by Luciano Garbati. Image courtesy of the artist.
Luciano Garbati
Female characters in Greek mythology lived under strict patriarchal rules, but they spoke truth to power and resisted injustice.
The Plague of Athens.
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The Greeks treated their city-states like bodies. To protect them from disasters, it was the poor that were often sacrificed.
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