DIES VENERIS PRID. NON. MART. MMDCCLII A.U.C. | XVII
Photographer: Alicja Wolkowska
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Hen talk —

Poseidon’s ‘conjugal gifts’ to Medusa on the floor of Athena’s temple? A complete affront.

Tut, tut. There is a pecking order, after all. A hierarchy.

‘The term “pecking order” originates from chicken behaviour … Newcomers are given a very hard time indeed as they are a potential threat to the status quo.’ ¹

Medusa, new chick in the coop.

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¹ Jane Eastoe, Henkeeping: Inspiration & practical advice for would-be smallholders (London: The National Trust, 2007), 79.

Image manipulated in GIMP.
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2012-Feb-11

Tags: Greek mythology | Medusa