Myths Blog 14

1. Medea And Aeson: Medea illustrates the dark power assigned to obssessive females, the obssesive love seen in some myths. She is reminiscent of Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct and Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction, both examples of the human fascination with our "twisted" members.

2. Meleager And Atalanta: The giant boar can be taken as a metaphor of the difficult duty of preserving home. The men of the city-states must be militarily training in order to protect their home. Atalanta is oddly another strong female role in a society where women were meant to be stay at home moms and housekeepers. The fate of Meleager is a warning to not cross those that love you and have sacrificed for you because they can just as easily turn againt you.

3. Atalanta: Atalanta is a way of society's recognizing that (at leats then) marriage would lock women into house and home, so to be free they must be single. The use of golden apples can be seen as advice for lovers to give their partners gifts. Even today one of the most popular ideas is to give the woman you love jewels. The couple's ignoring of the gods can be taken as a away to say that love blinds you or makes you so focused on your love taht you forget all else.