2.  Brauronia  Rite of passage for girls into women  Imitation of Artemis, as they run as she-bears chased in the hunt  Young women are the Hunted in the rite of passage  Young men, by contrast are Hunters and Conquerors in their rite of passage

4. Talk to your neighbor regarding this question: What contemporary examples do you see of these heroine archetypes in American culture?  Amazons  Mothers and Daughters of Heroes  Wives of Heroes  Helper-Maidens  Hero-Impersonators  Brides of Death  Heroines who Win

5.  Reinforce the place of women as subordinate in classical Greek culture  In some cases, they can do everything right and still lose  Are rarely given immortality by name or constellation

6.  Live apart from men  Fight as fiercely as men  Are ultimately subdued by heroes  Bellerophon  Herakles  Theseus

9.  Put the heroes before themselves  Danaë  Mother of Perseus who saves him from drowning  Has to repel harassing suitors

11.  Put the heroes before themselves  Iphiginia  Sacrifices herself so the Trojan War may be won

13.  Andromache  Wife of Hector  Taken as a slave to Neoptolemus, Achilles’ son, after Trojan War

15.  Ariadne  Helps Theseus escape the labyrinth and kill the Minotaur  Is abandoned by Theseus, who breaks his promise

17.  Clytemnestra

20.  Iphigenia  Persephone

23.  Nausicaä  Penelope