Role of Women in Ancient Greek Society

The relationship between Greek goddesses and women in

ancient Greek society; the historical underpinnings of

Greek mythology; the archetypal meanings of the goddesses.

a. Matriarchal mythologies as predecessors.

Replacement of matriarchal mythologies with

c. Fragmented power of the Greek goddesses.

b. Archetypal profiles and characteristics.

a. Social position of women mirrored patriarchal mythology.

b. Acceptable/unacceptable roles for women.

Cultural Evaluations of Goddesses and Their Influence Women's Roles.

Role of Women in Ancient Greek Society

Mythology represents the psychic reality of the human species (Campbell, 1949). Throughout all ages and civilizations, myths have flourished. All disciplines, including religion, philosophy, art, science, technology and the social sciences contain elements of mythology (Campbell, 1949). Mythos shape the individual, as well as the universal unconsciousness (Campbell, 1949), and the fact that myths reflect, and are reflected by the social structure comes as no surprise (Campbell, 1949; Bolen, 1984; Miller

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