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Goddesses and myths: images of the female divine in ancient and classical Greece and Rome. Female images of deities and legendary women are common in Greek mythology and Roman mythology.
Andromache
Mythical woman of Greek legend, the wife of Hector of Troy and a character in Homer's Iliad.
Andromeda
About the Greek legendary woman Andromeda, an Etheiopian woman punished for her mother's arrogance and freed by Perseus. She's immortalized in oneof the constellations.
The Furies
Furies, Erinyes, Erinyes. myth, female monsters, revenge, creatures
Harpies
A description of the mythological female creatues, the Harpies.
Themis - Goddess of Justice
Who was the goddess Themis? Here are the basics.
Cybele Attis - Fertility Goddess Cult
About's Ancient History Guide, N. S. Gill, provides links and resources on the Great Mother, Cybele, associated with the Greek goddess, Rhea.
Earth Goddess - Mother Goddess
Using Venus of Willendorf images, the author discusses concepts in Greece and elsewhere of the Mother Goddess.
Female Figure in Greek Sculpture
Thumbnails, with links to larger images, of sculpture featuring goddess and mythological figures from ancient Greece.
Gender and Immortality
A book by Deborah Lyons, on the subtle relationships of mythic images of the divine and the images of women, real and fabled, in ancient Greece.
Gaia
Gaia as creator goddess.
Kore
In ancient Greece, some "maiden" or "Kore" figures show remarkable self-assurance. Part of an online university seminar. Well-illustrated.
The Muses from Greek Mythology
Poetry, song, history were personified in Greece by the Muses. Here's a site with more information on these deities.
Eurynome
The creation myth of the ancient Greeks, the goddess Eurynome rising out of Chaos and bringing the world and its creatures to birth out of the universal egg.
Royal Beauty as Object of Desire: Politics of Abduction
A postmodernist comparison of the Greek and Indian mythological images of abducted women, by Jitender Gillin the journal Queen. Analyzed are stories of Helen of Troy, Sita and Samyogita.
Theagenesis
The 1970 article that first posed the Gaia hypothesis, looking at the earth and its biosystem as an organic system.
Warrior Women of the Eurasian Steppes
Has this archeological project found the original Amazons?
Women in Greece: Goddesses
Discussion of the Greek goddesses and how their depiction reflected attitudes towards women in ancient culture.
Women in the Aegean
An extensive online resource collection of images and information including the Aegean snake goddess.
Zeus' women, from Hesiod
A long passage from Hesiod's Theogony which includes Zeus' many conquests and the birth of his daughter Athena.
Mary and Hera: Queens of Heaven
A comparison of the images of Hera and Mary, both associated with motherhood and virginity and both exalted figures representing women.
Posters of Goddesses
Choose from among these posters of goddesses, some from Renaissance art, or art deco, or more modern images.
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