Classical Studies 2200 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Cult Of Artemis At Brauron, Pentheus, Clytemnestra

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 2200
• Professor: Aara Suksi

Document Summary

The heroine: women"s mysteries in a man"s world. Don"t have the same strength or courage as heroes. Don"t often go on quests or engage in combat with monsters or gods. They are usually granted a gift only when their husbands achieve stellar status. The lure of divinity doesn"t motivate them, names are often changed if they are made divine. Artemis presides over the initiation of young girls and remains in their lives thereafter. Initiation ceremony: brauronia girls before they reached puberty, arkteia: girls ran as bears either nude or wearing short garments (men kill beasts, women become them), races, prepares young girls for their roles as brides and mothers. They can"t become virgins, they need to marry and be mothers in order to enter into adult society. Refused the path set out for women. Tribe of female warriors who lived apart from men, engaged in combat with most of the male heroes.