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“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
“There really is nothing like Greek myth for reminding us that the countryside is rarely the blissful idyll for young women that it is for young men and gods. More frequently it is the source of sexual threat and constant anxiety.”
― Divine Might - Goddesses in Greek Myth
― Divine Might - Goddesses in Greek Myth
“So this is my answer to that question prompted by Xenophanes. When women make art like men do, their goddesses look divine.”
― 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
“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
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