Classical Studies 2200 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Clytemnestra, Wild Beasts, Odysseus

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 2200
• Professor: Aara Suksi

Document Summary

The heroine: women"s mysteries in a man"s world. Heroines(female) are not the same as heroes(male) in their qualities, goals, quests, and rewards: usually renamed if given immortality. Initiation ritual: brauronia: artemis" shrine in brauron, attica, girls run like bears (nude) Tribe of female warriors: tamed (seduced or slain) by male heroes. Seen as monsters (like dragons) to be tamed or slain. Heroines are seen in terms of their relationship to their fathers, sons, and husbands. Women who refused to properly fulfill their roles are seen as whores, witches, or monsters. Women either end up widows (chained to their husband until death) or slain: men usually end up with a cult or some form of consolation, women do not. Loyal, submissive, obedient, even in the face of death. Mother to a hero means consort to a god: sex with the god is the highest point of their life, downfall from there. Marriage to a hero usually proves to be deadly.