There have been countless relationships throughout the mythological era. The question that comes to mind is that were these relationships, from the sexual part of it, consensual. When a god or goddess seduced a mortal, was the mortal a willing participant engaging in a love affair or was the experience a rape, or sexual violation of a weaker, or inferior person. “The sheer amount of rape in classical myth is staggering, and modern retellings tend to omit or romanticize it” (Morales 2007). In many of these relationships, one of the participants is married, thus committing adultery. The presence of marriage did not dissuade mortals and immortals from going after love interests, dating these love interests, and even committing rapes. It was believed to be an honor when a god was interested in romancing a father’s unmarried daughter. Offspring that were fathered by the gods were considered privileged and under the protection of the gods (Morales 2007). God’s were in the habit of going after women who they wanted to seduce.
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(n.d.). Callisto. Retrieved May 3, 2015, from http://www.pantheon.org/articles/c/callisto.html
Lombardo, S. (2000). The Essential Homer: Selections from the Iliad and the Odyssey. Indianapolis: Hackett.
“The girl the Greeks chose to be my prize- After I demolished a walled city to get her”
“You gods are the most jealous bastards in the universe- Persecuting any goddess who ever openly takes A mortal lover to her bed and sleeps with him.”
“He still slept with her at night in her cavern, An unwilling lover mated to her eager embrace.”
Morales, H. (2007, August 1). Classical Mythology : A Very Short Introduction. Retrieved May 3, 2015, from http://site.ebrary.com.gate.lib.buffalo.edu/lib/buffalo/reader.action?docID=10197109&pp g=97 Soble, A. (n.d.). Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Retrieved May 4, 2015, from
(n.d.). Callisto. Retrieved May 3, 2015, from http://www.pantheon.org/articles/c/callisto.html
Lombardo, S. (2000). The Essential Homer: Selections from the Iliad and the Odyssey. Indianapolis: Hackett.
“The girl the Greeks chose to be my prize- After I demolished a walled city to get her”
“You gods are the most jealous bastards in the universe- Persecuting any goddess who ever openly takes A mortal lover to her bed and sleeps with him.”
“He still slept with her at night in her cavern, An unwilling lover mated to her eager embrace.”
Morales, H. (2007, August 1). Classical Mythology : A Very Short Introduction. Retrieved May 3, 2015, from http://site.ebrary.com.gate.lib.buffalo.edu/lib/buffalo/reader.action?docID=10197109&pp g=97 Soble, A. (n.d.). Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Retrieved May 4, 2015, from