Greeks treated women as having no political powers and political right to vote. They were controlled by men at nearly every stage of their lives. The most important duties for a city-dwelling woman were to bear children preferably male and to run the household. Some people saw the woman as being evil because of Aphrodite who was the first woman created by Hephaestus on the orders of Zeus. Pandora was the first mortal woman in Greek mythology, a sort of an Ancient Greek Eve. Following the instructions of Zeus – who wanted to punish Prometheus for stealing the fire from the gods and giving it to the humans – she was moulded by Hephaestus and endowed with gifts by all the other Olympian gods.
An example of the Greeks treating women as objects was when Zeus told Aphrodite to marry Hephaestus to stop a war between the gods fighting over her. She was not very faithful to him as she had many secret lovers including the God of War Ares who was caught by Hephaestus and dragged to Mount Olympus to shame them in front of the other gods in retribution.
Achilles - In Greek mythology, Achilles or Achilleus was a hero of the Trojan War, the greatest of all the Greek warriors, and is the central character of Homer's Iliad. He was the son of Nereid Thetis and Peleus, king of Phthia.
Hercules - Hercules is the Roman equivalent of the Greek divine hero Heracles, son of Jupiter and the mortal Alcmene. In classical mythology, Hercules is famous for his strength and for his numerous far-ranging adventures. His most famous adventure is when he did the 12 labours.
Greeks treated women as having no political powers and political right to vote. They were controlled by men at nearly every stage of their lives. The most important duties for a city-dwelling woman were to bear children preferably male and to run the household. Some people saw the woman as being evil because of Aphrodite who was the first woman created by Hephaestus on the orders of zeus. Pandora was the first mortal woman in Greek mythology, a sort of an Ancient Greek Eve. Following the instructions of Zeus – who wanted to punish Prometheus for stealing the fire from the gods and giving it to the humans – she was moulded by Hephaestus and endowed with gifts by all the other Olympian gods.
An example of the Greeks treating women as objects was when Zeus told Aphrodite to marry Hephaestus to stop a war between the gods fighting over her. She was not very faithful to him as she had many secret lovers including the God of War Ares who was caught by Hephaestus and dragged to Mount Olympus to shame them in front of the other gods in retribution.
Achilles - In Greek mythology, Achilles or Achilles was a hero of the Trojan War, the greatest of all the Greek warriors, and is the central character of Homer's Iliad. He was the son of Nereid Thetis and Peleus, king of Phthia.
Hercules - Hercules is the Roman equivalent of the Greek divine hero Heracles, son of Jupiter and the mortal Alcmene. In classical mythology, Hercules is famous for his strength and for his numerous far-ranging adventures. His most famous adventure is when he did the 12 labours.
