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Every day people came and went through the temple. Everyday i stayed there working. Each day that past more men would come by to stare. I didn't know why, I didn't think I was worth the stares when the goddess of beauty, Athena, was in that same temple. Men would whisper about my beauty say i was prettier than the goddess Athena herself. I never believed it to be true, in my eyes Athena was the very definition of beauty she was truly the most beautiful being to ever exist. Every man should have come to see her rather than me. Every man looked my way even gods stared at me.
A day i remember clearly. A day like no other. The god of the sea walked into Athena's temple searching for me, when found he asked me out. I declined. And he asked again and again. With each ask he became more insistent and more aggressive. Later on he left, angry, determined.
That night was torture, the worst one of my immortal existence. That night Poseidon followed me, chased me,threatened me. I ran to the temple hoping even praying for Athena's protection. To which no such protection came.
There in her temple is where he r*ped me. He showed no hesitation no remorse. He acted as if I deserved this for turning him down. The next day Athena found me she felt sorry for me. She granted me a gift, gave me the power to turn any man to stone. For it was only men who entered the temple.
People say it's a curse how I think quite the opposite. I truly see what she gave me as a gift.