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“the race begins. Atalanta is easily the better runner: Hippomenes is breathless and dry-mouthed, but she holds back, delaying when she could have passed him. Luckily, the time when women repress their abilities to avoid making a man feel bad about himself is long gone.”
― Divine Might - Goddesses in Greek Myth
― Divine Might - Goddesses in Greek Myth
“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
“But the question remains: is the trouble something she does, by opening a jar? Or is it something she is? Pandora is the first woman; thanks to her (according to Hesiod), the carefree age of men comes to an end. But you’ll forgive me for suggesting that an all-male age with no women (and no fire) sounds incredibly boring.”
― Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths
― Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths
“We like to be able to separate heroes, villains, and victims. It’s convenient for a simple narrative, but it isn’t always reflective of the truth.”
― 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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