AR202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Anchises, Odysseus, Aeschylus
4 Feb 2016
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
The misogynistic culture considered women inferior to men, so. Heroines could not reach the same level of nobility as heroes. In the latter part of the 5th century and into the 4th century there was a lot of discussion about how equal men were to women. Can be seen in plato and xenophon"s writing, however, aristotle believed women were not equal with men. Heroines were mainly mothers, daughters, wives and lovers. Their heroism came from their connection to their hero son, father or. Odysseus was sent a whole parade of noble women from. Persephone after meeting his mother anticlea in the underworld. They were all wives or daughters of princes/heroic figures. Tyro mated with poseidon and bore heroes such as pelias, Antiope: raped by zeus and bore amphion and zethus (re- founded thebes). Had to run from uncle, and her twin babies were exposed. Not a great story, but noble because she bore.
