WGSS 380A Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Myrrh, Cinyras, Odysseus

• School: Binghamton University
• Department: Women, Gender & Sexuality
• Course: WGSS 380A
• Professor: Shelly Jones

Document Summary

Week three readings: e(cid:454)cerpts fro(cid:373) ho(cid:373)er"s the odyssey regardi(cid:374)g circe & the s(cid:455)re(cid:374)s, euripides"s. Hippolytus, and the stories of myrrha, and byblis fro(cid:373) ovid"s metamorphoses. This (cid:449)eek (cid:449)e"re looki(cid:374)g at aspects of (illicit) desire and temptation in relationship to the portrayal of women. These texts look at both how men view tempting women, as well as the psyche of women who are struggling with their own temptations. Keep in mind that this (cid:449)eek (cid:449)e"re all o(cid:448)er the pla(cid:272)e ti(cid:373)e-wise: back to ovid (43bc 17ad) and. Euripides (480bc 406bc) and homer (~850bc actual dates are unknown). Many of you are probably familiar with this work or at least the idea of it: odysseus, having fought and succeeded in the trojan war, must make his way back home. This epic poem, a sequel to the iliad, illustrates the te(cid:374) (cid:455)ear (cid:894)hero"s(cid:895) jour(cid:374)e(cid:455) od(cid:455)sseus (cid:373)ust e(cid:374)dure as he atte(cid:373)pts to retur(cid:374) ho(cid:373)e to itha(cid:272)a.