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“The Latin here reads fuge coniugis usum – flee the use of a husband – which I may yet have as a tattoo.”
― Divine Might - Goddesses in Greek Myth
― Divine Might - Goddesses in Greek Myth
“The more time you spend examining these stories of Hera’s bad behaviour, the more reasons you tend to be able to find for why she might be behaving unreasonably, or why someone else is the guilty party but blaming Hera is so convenient. It is a misogynist narrative as old as time itself, and never out of fashion:”
― Divine Might - Goddesses in Greek Myth
― Divine Might - Goddesses in Greek Myth
“Not only did the ancient Greeks seem to have modelled gods in their mortal image, but they apparently chose their worst selves as the template.”
― Divine Might - Goddesses in Greek Myth
― Divine Might - Goddesses in Greek Myth
“From Persephone’s perspective, these two deities are – as the Greek text makes plain – essentially the same. One god rapes her, the other agrees to it.”
― Divine Might - Goddesses in Greek Myth
― Divine Might - Goddesses in Greek Myth
“So avoid lions at all costs, Venus tells Adonis. Actually, avoid all creatures that like a fight. Don’t let your bravery destroy us both. This is obviously a perfectly reasonable moral to draw from the tale, although I have tended to prioritize the more subtextual moral (don’t pretend to be less than you are to make a mediocre man feel better, as you will both regret it when you have tails).”
― Divine Might - Goddesses in Greek Myth
― Divine Might - Goddesses in Greek Myth
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