Zeus the ripper
The entire time I was reading 'The Metamorphoses' of Ovid all I could think about was how big of a jerk Zeus was! I couldn't believe how many women that he had raped, and how every other story was about his atrocities. I had a naive view of him, the view of him from the Disney's 'Hercules', and reading these stories led me to understand who he really was, and that his wife was not as horrible as everyone thought she was. I think it's understandable for her to be angry when her husband was out every weekend with another woman. I would be angry too. I think the most horrible part about his raping sprees was that all the women that he raped were not only virgins, they were also rejected and humiliated by their fathers afterwards. I cannot imagine being raped, then because of it being excommunicated from my family. How horrible!! I personally hate Zeus because of this, and will never be able to watch 'Hercules' again!
posted by brittini @ 1:19 PM
2 Comments:
You are so funny! I hadn't thought about it before, but your right...i had the same depiction of Zeus (thanks to disney)and now after reading through all of these stories we both have learned that Disney is a safe and unrealistic learing experience for mythology.
If you hold Zeus in contempt I believe you must also hold Juno equally in contempt. She makes miserable the lives of those Jove rapes, though, it is clearly not their fault they were raped. She is like the parent that never punishes her own child. She merely gets angry and will do nothing against him but wreaks revenge on the helpless.
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