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| + | ====== Penelope ====== | ||
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| ====== Penthesilea ====== | ====== Penthesilea ====== | ||
| is the Queen of the Amazons. She is the daughter of Ares, god of war, and Ortrera. Her sisters are Hippolyta, Melanippe, and Antiope. [[https:// | is the Queen of the Amazons. She is the daughter of Ares, god of war, and Ortrera. Her sisters are Hippolyta, Melanippe, and Antiope. [[https:// | ||
| She appears in the [[Aethiopis]] (600 BCE?), [[Virgil]]' | She appears in the [[Aethiopis]] (600 BCE?), [[Virgil]]' | ||
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| + | ====== Rhea ====== | ||
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| + | Mother of Hestia, Hades, Demeter, Poseidon, Hera, all of which Kronos ate because he feared one of them would overthrow and kill him. So Rhea fled and Ouranos and Gaia both hatached a plan with ehr. She went to the goat Amalthea and the nymph Meliae. They got a big loadstone and swaddled it. Rhea pretends to be in labor, sure enough Kronos comes, snataches up the fake-baby and eats it. When he leaves, teh still pregnant Rhea slips off to create where eh goat and teh nymph help her give birth to Zeus. (Fry 26-29) | ||
| ====== Artemis ====== | ====== Artemis ====== | ||
| God of the hunt, wilderness, childbirth, and chastity. She is the god of the Amazons in Greek Mythology. She is the twin sister of Apollo. She is usually depicted as an extraordinary archer. | God of the hunt, wilderness, childbirth, and chastity. She is the god of the Amazons in Greek Mythology. She is the twin sister of Apollo. She is usually depicted as an extraordinary archer. | ||
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| + | "Zeus loved Artemis almost as much as he loved Athena and took great pains to protect her from the wrath of Hera" (Fry 91). | ||
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| + | According to Fry, when Artemis was a child, Zeus loved her so much she had him wrapped around her finger. SHe asks for several wishes from Zeus. The first being chastity, "I never want to have a boyfriend or husband or have a man touch me" (Fry 93). By the time she i sdone she " | ||
| ====== Hippolyta ====== | ====== Hippolyta ====== | ||
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