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“Edith Hamilton had no trouble at all including a full-page illustration entitled “The Rape of Europa” in her Mythology. It shows the moment of Europa’s capture as one of rapture, a frolic on the high seas, complete with dolphins, mermaids, and the figure of Poseidon all cheerfully participating in aquatic pageantry. Europa, we read, was “exceedingly fortunate”
this was required reading in US schools…
— Nov 05, 2024 12:36PM
this was required reading in US schools…
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"Mary Lefkowitz tells us that the Greeks’ most important legacy is not, “as we would like to think, democracy; it is their mythology.” That mythology has been instrumental in perpetuating myths about femininity and naturalizing patriarchal discourses that position women as suffering in silence and lacking any form of real agency unless they weaponize their looks to bewitch and bewilder."
— Dec 02, 2024 06:30AM
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“Note that Edith Hamilton’s Mythology promises timeless tales of gods and heroes in its subtitle. The heroines in many of these tales are eminently forgettable, effaced and erased in their status as victims”
— Nov 05, 2024 12:38PM
