Zeus Headache: The Role Of Women In Ancient Greece

Zeus headache was getting worse and worse. He screams with agony, that the entire world could hear his cry. All the Olympians came to see the issue of their leader. The god Hephaistos, comes in with his an axe and hits Zeus in the head, splitting his skull open. Out sprung the mighty Athena in full armor. Greek myths were created to explain the world around them. Most of the myths are about the greek gods and goddesses. In these stories, not only are the gods in power but so were the goddesses. These goddesses impacted the women in Greece and their religious life. These Greek goddesses have a certain job that gave the women in Greece sociaty. Like hera, goddess of women, marriage and childbirth. Women would pray to her for good marriage and a healthy baby boy ( back then boys were prefered than girls). They would also pray to her for the child’s protection physically and sometimes financially. …show more content…
in the olympics, married women were not even allowed to watch the event, if they were caught, they would be driven out of Mount Typaeum, and thrown in the river below it. Even if you were not married, you still were not allowed to participate in the olympics. So the women created their own version of Zeus, they will honor his wife, Hera. This event would take place in the temple of Hera. Only unmarried women were allowed to compete and they would do a foot race. The women would wear tunics that would stop up to their knees and it would cover up their right shoulder and right breast. “ It is uncertain if the men were barred from these