Yes!
And now you can go one step further, and say He represents the Unconscious for both males and females.
You will have to fact check the ancient sources, but none of the ones I looked up mentioned anything about rape. I think this was a consensual union that took place in Athena’s Temple, and that is why The Goddess was so upset, and why Medusa was punished so severely.
Poseiden might very well be representing the female unconscious and female carnal desires of Medussa:
How many snakes does she have in her hair???
I interpret this Myth as being one about Fem Fatales, and the monsters they become, leaving a wake of frozen hearts in their path:
The Book is Done Scene
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What does Athena represent symbolically?
How about the tools Perseus is given to defeat this creature?