In Homer's the Odyssey, the authors speak with certain regard, to women controlling men and holding the keys to mainly hood. This is surprising because in ancient Greece times women were regarded to as nothing and men were powerful figures in society. Homer gives all the power in The Odyssey to Athena and more importantly a woman, this is also big because it goes against the societal normals in ancient Greece.
A persistent motive in The Odyssey is women controlling men. On Calypso's island, Odysseus was “forced” into having sex with Calypso for ten years. Odysseus is a lustful creature because he was willing to have sex with Calypso on the last night. Homer describes the nights on calypso's as, “[Odysseus] lay with her each night, for she compelled him” (5 163). Which suggest that he was not forced to do anything, she compelled him. Yet, he had an extended stay on Calypso's island because she wanted him to, this shows how Calypso (a woman) controlled Odysseus (a man). Helen also controlled men. Men willing to go to war for her, such as Odysseus. Helen was able to get Odysseus to fight for her even though he was a married man. Agamemnon was a glorious commander who leads greek …show more content…
In ancient Greece, it was a societal normality for men to have sex with women other than their wifes at some point. Yet, Odysseus sleeps with Calypso for ten years and Kirkie for one year. That is much more than usual, which would suggest that Calypso and Kirkie were controlling Odysseus and manipulating him to get what they want. Odysseus men were also being controlled by Kirkie. She turned some of Odysseus’s men into pigs. Kirkie did this by “prepared a meal of cheese and barley and amber honey mixed with pramnian….with her long stick and shut them in a pigsty–bodies, voices, heads, and bristles, all swinish now” (10 257-259 263-266). This is an example of women being in complete control of
A persistent motive in The Odyssey is women controlling men. On Calypso's island, Odysseus was “forced” into having sex with Calypso for ten years. Odysseus is a lustful creature because he was willing to have sex with Calypso on the last night. Homer describes the nights on calypso's as, “[Odysseus] lay with her each night, for she compelled him” (5 163). Which suggest that he was not forced to do anything, she compelled him. Yet, he had an extended stay on Calypso's island because she wanted him to, this shows how Calypso (a woman) controlled Odysseus (a man). Helen also controlled men. Men willing to go to war for her, such as Odysseus. Helen was able to get Odysseus to fight for her even though he was a married man. Agamemnon was a glorious commander who leads greek …show more content…
In ancient Greece, it was a societal normality for men to have sex with women other than their wifes at some point. Yet, Odysseus sleeps with Calypso for ten years and Kirkie for one year. That is much more than usual, which would suggest that Calypso and Kirkie were controlling Odysseus and manipulating him to get what they want. Odysseus men were also being controlled by Kirkie. She turned some of Odysseus’s men into pigs. Kirkie did this by “prepared a meal of cheese and barley and amber honey mixed with pramnian….with her long stick and shut them in a pigsty–bodies, voices, heads, and bristles, all swinish now” (10 257-259 263-266). This is an example of women being in complete control of