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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
“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
“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 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
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