CLCV 2500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Pelias, Cronus, Nintendo Power
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Wo(cid:373)e(cid:374)"s roles i(cid:374) (cid:373)yth: goddesses, whores, wives and slaves, roles for women are limited, aside from goddesses, all women were on a low social standing. Athe(cid:374)a is (cid:271)or(cid:374) fro(cid:373) zeus" head: he does(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e a real (cid:373)other. The foam that sprang when his testicles hit the sea: seductiveness lies in the frivolous, deceitful character, we never see her do anything deceitful. She is the deceit, rather than: pandora acting it, everything that hesiod feels is wrong with the fact that women exist, helen. Is she frivolous and/or deceitful: represented in homer as a self-conscious, aware person, she knows she caused the war, regretful, self (cid:271)la(cid:373)i(cid:374)g, (cid:449)ishes that she died, regrets that she is paris" (cid:449)ife. They do not fit into one specific role. She is a witch/sorcerer, and she is an expert in magic: medea helps jason get the fleece.
