Literature: works of creativity written down. In the era between Sumerian Culture and Augustan Roman culture (will be referred to as “The Greece Era” or “The Greek Era” from here on), many works contained the same gods and occasionally refers to the same myths. However, do women in the works correspond in their characters throughout the Greek era or do their characters change throughout the era.
One of the earliest works from the Greek era is The Epic of Gilgamesh. This work follows Gilgamesh, the king of Uruk, through various adventures involving various people. However, the most prominent women in this work are Shamhat, Ninsun, and Ishtar. These three women vary immensely in their social class: Shamhat’s character is created to entice Enkidu, Ninsun is …show more content…
Semele was one of Zeus’s many lovers, and fell pregnant with Dionysus after a risqué rendezvous with Zeus. While the reason for Semele’s death is not discussed in Theogony, Semele is mentioned as becoming divine (Theogony lines 946-949). As Semele was not a goddess nor was she created by a god, her story is largely overlooked by Hesiod, indicating that Hesiod does not give importance to regular, mortal women.
When looking at theEpic of Gilgamesh and Hesiod’s works, there are some key differences. While the Epic of Gilgamesh prefers high ranking mortal women to other social and religious figures, as high ranking mortal women are seen as wise and well versed. Hesiod paints women as trouble makers or not important under most circumstances. However, both works give some importance to certain types of women.
Antigone, a myth from the classical Athens era that introduces a woman challenging a man’s authority and creating controversy. The myth goes that Antigone’s two brothers died with battling each other. One was given a proper burial, while the other was not. Antigone did not feel that this was morally right given the circumstances behind the reason the brothers were
One of the earliest works from the Greek era is The Epic of Gilgamesh. This work follows Gilgamesh, the king of Uruk, through various adventures involving various people. However, the most prominent women in this work are Shamhat, Ninsun, and Ishtar. These three women vary immensely in their social class: Shamhat’s character is created to entice Enkidu, Ninsun is …show more content…
Semele was one of Zeus’s many lovers, and fell pregnant with Dionysus after a risqué rendezvous with Zeus. While the reason for Semele’s death is not discussed in Theogony, Semele is mentioned as becoming divine (Theogony lines 946-949). As Semele was not a goddess nor was she created by a god, her story is largely overlooked by Hesiod, indicating that Hesiod does not give importance to regular, mortal women.
When looking at theEpic of Gilgamesh and Hesiod’s works, there are some key differences. While the Epic of Gilgamesh prefers high ranking mortal women to other social and religious figures, as high ranking mortal women are seen as wise and well versed. Hesiod paints women as trouble makers or not important under most circumstances. However, both works give some importance to certain types of women.
Antigone, a myth from the classical Athens era that introduces a woman challenging a man’s authority and creating controversy. The myth goes that Antigone’s two brothers died with battling each other. One was given a proper burial, while the other was not. Antigone did not feel that this was morally right given the circumstances behind the reason the brothers were