They may not have had much difference in freedom between childhood and marriage, but the greeks didn't think of it that way. To them an unmarried girl was like a ticking bomb - very very dangerous. that's why they got their daughters married so young (around 12 to a man around 30), because a post puberty girl who isn't married is, well, wild and untamed. Women were the sex crazy ones for the greeks, and the men were constantly paranoid about what they could be doing behind their backs. Artemis represented all this unharnessed potential and was actually considered pretty dangerous ...
Sorry, I took some Greek and Roman classes last semester and needed somewhere to spew all that I guess? I hope I didn't get anything too wrong ... (ps as evidenced by the above - I love greek myth too!)
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Re: Crazy is the new black.
Date: 1/21/11 10:14 pm (UTC)Sorry, I took some Greek and Roman classes last semester and needed somewhere to spew all that I guess? I hope I didn't get anything too wrong ... (ps as evidenced by the above - I love greek myth too!)