{"product_id":"medousa-a-new-tragedy-paperback","title":"Medousa: A New Tragedy - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDrew Hardaway\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the Temple of Pallas Athena outside Tiryns, Medousa-a sworn priestess who has kept every vow-is violated by Poseidon beneath the gaze of the goddess she trusted. When Athena does not answer, the city does what cities do: it turns the wounded woman into accusation, contagion, spectacle, and sentence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSurrounded by her sisters and a chorus of women already cast out and renamed by men, Medousa refuses to carry a god's crime so that the city may preserve its order. As rumor becomes law and dawn approaches, a young man trained to become her executioner must decide whether obedience is courage-or merely another form of fear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMedousa\u003c\/strong\u003e is a new tragedy about sacred institutions, public blame, sexual violence, survival, and the stories power tells after it has failed the people who trusted it. Written as one continuous ritual action, the play combines myth, chorus, theatrical image, and fierce contemporary language in a reimagining of the Medusa story centered on witness, refusal, and consequence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 104\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.22 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 05, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67972559339827,"sku":"9798996849215","price":23.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/WCcanIkFNS9798996849215.webp?v=1794430387","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/medousa-a-new-tragedy-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}