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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.

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1 Women in Greek Myth

2 Images of the Female in the hero pattern in the hero quest in divine machinery in folktale themes

3 Goddesses (Divine Machinery) Hera Athena Thetis Aphrodite

4 Goddess Wife: Hera Mother: Thetis Virgin: Athena Sexuality: Aphrodite

5 Women in Folktale ThemesFolktale 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?

6 Mortal Women in Myth Helen of Troy Europa Penelope Alcmene

7 Marie de Medici as 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/Co urses/Clas230/MythDocuments/Mariede Medici.htm

8 Heroines as Helpers Medea (and Jason) Ariadne (and Theseus)

9 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.

10 TINTORETTO (b. 1518, Venezia, d. 1594, Venezia) Ariadne, Venus and Bacchus 1576 Oil on canvas, 146 x 157 cm Sala di Anticollegio, Palazzo Ducale, Venice The Deified Heroine

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