The Curse of Beauty by Lauren Lee Merewether

Which by the way, also fits in with his mythological granddaughter becoming queen of Egypt around the first decades of the Second Intermediate Period of Ancient Egypt. So when were Ancient Greeks crowned as Egyptian kings prior to 800 BC which is when the Greek myths were first recorded by Hesiod? The only time, that I'm aware of, in Egyptian history before this time where Egypt was ruled by someone other than Egyptians was the Second Intermediate Period, whom the Egyptians called the Hekka Khasut (Hyksos), and if Mycenae was really founded by a man named Perseus in 1350 BC (which would be the correct dating if the Battle of Troy happened around 1200 BC per the archaeology reports) then counting back the generations from Perseus to Oceanus would put Oceanus around 1650 BC (which is right around the start of the Mycenaean age). So with that in mind, as I was trying to figure out when in history these events might have taken place, I realized very early on in the generational hierarchy, some of these people (like half of the generations between Oceanus and Perseus) were Egyptian queens and kings. Oceanus and Tethys beget gods/demi-gods intertwined with the children of Cronus and Rhea and we get your monsters/creatures from Ceto and Phorchys. Two couples are at the forefront of this series: Oceanus and Tethys and Ceto and Phorchys. The myths begin with Uranus and Gaia birthing the titans.

I knew I wanted to write a story of what could have actually happened in history to inspire the myths spanning the generations of Greek titans and gods. So here in a Behind the Scenes moment, I will give you the answer. My early readers, beta readers, and some members of my launch team have asked me how I came up with such an imaginative story to have inspired the Medusa myth.

The Curse of Beauty by Lauren Lee Merewether