Role Of Women in Greek Mythology

The role of female characters in Greek mythology was to be held as an object for lust.

One reason why this is held true is that many gods have used women portraying that. On the other hand, another reason is that many men have also used women as an object of lust which is depicted in many myths.

When Zeus, who is married to Hera, decides he is bored he goes down to Earth and find a beautiful person to satisfy his lust. One example was the story of Zeus & Leto. Zeus had to pursue her and when he finally did they both produced Apollo and Artemis, from which we have many stories. Another major instance involving Zeus is when he wanted a beautiful maiden named Danae who was a princess. Zeus only used her for his desire and only that. Danae was the object of that lust and from their union came Perseus and along with that a whole tale about him. A different god who had the same idea in mind was Poseidon and his desire, Aethra who was suppusedly raped by him. Poseidon went to that extent to satisfy his lust and he clearly did not care for her much because he abandoned her and only came to help when their son Theseus needed help. It was not a question of love for these examples, only lust.

On the other hand, men in Greek myths also depict of how women are used as an object of lust. An instance of this occurred in the Greek myth of Pygmalion. He was an expert sculptor of marble who was adored by all. However, he also had an object of lust as well. He created a statue whose name was Galatea. She was litrelly an object of lust. It was clearly not love because if you do not even know the Aperson@ then how can you love her? Pygmalion clearly did, or say he said. Obsession was the case he was having with his statue, Galatea. He found beauty, and only beauty the most attractive quality in women. He did not search deeper than that. Aphrodite then granted his wish of turning his Galatea into flesh and that is the story. Another example is of Polydectes, who was the king of the island Sephiros. When Perseus and his mother were stranded on a boat he accepted them into his land. But a whole new story spawned with the central point of Polydectes=s lust for Danae, Perseus=s mother. Thus, because of his lust and strong desire he indirectly sent off Perseus for Medusa=s head. Here is yet another example of how women are objects of lust for men in Greek myths. Two minor instances were of Daedalus and Pan, the goat god. Both were given slave girls to appease their lust in exchange for their services. Pan gave Artemis top quality hunting dogs, and Daedalus built many ingenious inventions for Aegeus, his king. Nonetheless, here are strong examples of how men alike used women as an object for lust in various Greek myths.

Whether it be man or the almighty Gods of Greek Mythology, women in many different stories are presented in luxuriac. All over in Greek myhtology there are many example of this. Basically, the role of female characters in Greek mythology was to be held as an object for lust.