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Women in Greek Myth. Images of the Female. in the hero pattern in the hero quest in divine machinery in folktale themes. Goddesses (Divine Machinery). Hera Athena Thetis Aphrodite. Goddess. Wife: Hera Mother: Thetis Virgin: Athena Sexuality: Aphrodite. Women in Folktale Themes.
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Images of the Female • in the hero pattern • in the hero quest • in divine machinery • in folktale themes
Goddesses (Divine Machinery) • Hera • Athena • Thetis • Aphrodite
Goddess Wife: Hera Mother: Thetis Virgin: Athena Sexuality: Aphrodite
Women in Folktale Themes • The Wicked Step-mother/Step-envy • Suitor Contest • The Hero's Betrayal of the Princess • Rescue of the Princess • Rescue by the Heroine (Women to the Rescue) • A Woman's Web • A Woman's Wit • The Revenge of the Woman Scorned • The Danger of the Feminine Where have we seen these themes in the myths so far?
Mortal Women in Myth • Helen of Troy • Europa • Penelope • Alcmene
Marie de Medicias a Mythic Heroine Marie de' Medici. (1573-1642). Daughter of Francis of Tuscany. Married Henri IV in 1600 and mother of Louis XIII, during whose minority she was regent. She lost a power struggle with Richelieu and left France in 1631. Rubens’ Hero Cycle on Marie de Medici: http://department.monm.edu/classics/Courses/Clas230/MythDocuments/MariedeMedici.htm
Heroines as Helpers • Medea (and Jason) • Ariadne (and Theseus)
The Heroine Abandoned John Vanderlyn (1775-1852), Ariadne Asleep on the Island of Naxos, 1809–14, oil on canvas, 68 1/2 x 87 in. (174 x 221 cm), Courtesy of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Gift of Mrs. Sarah Harrison (The Joseph Harrison, Jr. Collection), 1878.1.11.
The Deified Heroine TINTORETTO (b. 1518, Venezia, d. 1594, Venezia) Ariadne, Venus and Bacchus 1576 Oil on canvas, 146 x 157 cmSala di Anticollegio, Palazzo Ducale, Venice