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Felson (this issue) has offered a critique of 3 issues in my paper on the myth of Medusa. She believes there is insufficient data about the lives of women in classical times. She challenges the idea that Medusa was described as a beautiful woman in the classical era. She questions dynamic formulations I offer about the myth. In my response I detail the number of sources I use to report on lives of nonelite women during the classical Greek epoch. Many feminist thinkers are interested in the myths that dominated ancient Greece. They have carefully studied the literature, plays, songs, poetry, and funerary inscriptions to uncover coded expressions of women’s lives and their significance. I also illuminate the oral tradition that existed during this period and note how such narratives become complex with added meanings. Mother-daughter relationships also appear very relevant in this society and I address a variety of psychoanalytic formulations that include this idea.