Degan Walters

“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.”
― Natalie Haynes, 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.”
― Natalie Haynes, 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:”
― Natalie Haynes, 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.”
― Natalie Haynes, Divine Might - Goddesses in Greek Myth