7/5/2023 0 Comments Circe book![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() If you, like me, were obsessed with Greek mythology as a kid, you’ll remember the stories of the Titans, Zeus and Hera, Aphrodite, Ares, Mercury of the winged shoes, Athena and so many more. And nowhere is that more clear than in the mythology of the ancient Greeks. The classic trope of women as either angels or devils, saints or sinners, madonna/whore, is as old as time itself. And of course, if history and culture are told from a predominantly male viewpoint, it’s natural that women would be seen in certain ways. Much of our culture is predicated on what we learned from ancient cultures such as the Hebrews, the Romans, the Vikings and Anglo-Saxons and particularly, the ancient Greeks. You see it in our art, our music, our religion, our family genealogy, our rituals, our language, and of course, in our literature. Western culture is by definition patriarchal. ![]()
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