CLA219H1 Lecture Notes - Clytemnestra, Trojan War, Euripides
Document Summary
> in hesiod: zeus instructs fellow gods to construct her due to anger as prometheus (text p 56) Describes women as the cause of all suffering for men. Pandora opens the jar, and only hope remains inside. > mans curse: live with women who are wretched wasteful creatures, or die alone. Daughter of zeus by leda (raped her in form of a swan) She lays eggs having four children two semi divine*, two human. Reasons why it was not helens fault: Helen never went to troy, was in egypt (alternative tale) Teichoskopia- looking down from wall (in iliad) Women at fault for trojan war, the sinful desire and lust paris felt for her caused the tragedy. Female ideal: loyal and chaste, polar opposite of clytemnestra. Ovid wrote of penelope writing to odysseus. Story of jason and the golden eece. Betrayed her family in aid of jason, runs away with him. Jason later wants to marry a greek princess instead.
