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This 3 page paper discusses the role of women as depicted in the works of the early poet, Homer. Examples are given from the Iliad and the Odyssey. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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than property. In the time in which Homer, the great poet, lived, womens roles were succinctly defined by the day and age in which they lived and yet it can
be said, he gave them great power in his epic poems which they never realized in their true lives. It can be assumed from all the available data that
the single- most goal in a young girls life was to secure a good marriage. She generally lived in her parents house until that time and was pretty much considered
the property of her parents, until she was wed, and then considered the property of her husband. Since Grecian culture did not have a monarchy, but rather practiced one
of the earliest forms of democracy, there was a forum, or political council called the Senate. Many of the men participated in this form of government and were gone from
the home for long periods of time during the day. Women were seldom allowed out of the house. If they did leave the confines of the house, they were required
to be escorted by male slaves or by male members of the household. In Homers works these well known cultural practices were woven into the fabric of his tales,
and also provided insight into the character when she brazenly broke with firmly held tradition. For example, in Homers Iliad and the Odyssey, Odysseus wife, Penelope, finds herself in a
poor situation for a Greek woman of noble stature. suitors who are convinced that Odysseus is dead besiege Penelope. They do not seek her hand in marriage so much as
they desire all of the kingdoms riches and power for themselves. Homer shows her to be more clever than the men as she continually holds them off year after year
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