CLA204H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Mycenaean Greece, Actaeon, Oenopion

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Male gods sometimes have spheres of operation that overlap or have outlines that are inexplicable. Female gods by contrast seem more to be aspects of a single religious concern with the fertility forces in life, both natural and human. > demeter is force that makes grain sprout. > only athena has no clear relation to fertility but she is skill in female crafts, especially weaving an important facet of female life. > however, we must remember when studying greek god"s characters that the ac- counts are created by males and therefore biased. Demeter is mother-goddess that sees over the fruitfulness of agriculture. Wherever wheat was grown her following was large, especially in eleusis near athens in sicily. Roman: vesta; shrine tended by six virgins and held undying flame. > protected the home, defined internal space of the female world as it was the womans job to tend to the fireplace. Also protectress of city, the enlarged family.

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