Summary

In Part Four, “Love,” “Athene,” Athene wanted to “hurt Hephaestus because he had hurt her” (209). Because she was unsure how “to harm Hephaestus,” she took “her revenge elsewhere” (211).

In “Amphitrite,” when Poseidon learned that the Gorgons had stolen a strip of his land, he was desperate to reclaim it. Angry and restless, Poseidon had tried tricking Hephaestus and Athene and toying with Medusa. However, his plans had gone awry and afforded him little pleasure (215). When he complained to his wife Amphitrite, she comforted him. She agreed to help him punish Cassiope on behalf of the Nereids, hoping this would improve his spirits.

In “Andromeda,” Andromeda sensed that “something terrible was about to happen” (220). Her parents’ anger towards her made her especially wary.

In “Elaia,” Athene and Poseidon both wanted a claim to Athens.

In “Andromeda,” in order to atone for Cassiope’s...