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Stereotypes Of The Tragic Women In Greek Mythology

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The main women of Greek mythology sometimes carry a negative stigma, partially because they seem to scheme against their enemies and act irrationally when offended. One of the main women that seems to escape this category of the helpless woman figure is the goddess Athena as she is a very powerful goddess said to even be preferable, when it comes to war, to her male counterpart, Ares. This is because Athena is the strategic and planned part of war rather than the animalistic bloodshed and violent side that Ares embodies. Otherwise, the “dramatic woman” stereotype is ever present even in cases that would be viewed as normal is carried out by a man in the story but, regardless these women are historical figures along with their male counterparts.
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