{"title":"Ares and Other \"Mothers' Sons\" in Greek Mythology: A Structural Analysis","authors":"Irune Valderrábano González, F. J. García","doi":"10.1353/CLW.2021.0002","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT:This paper, based on characters such as Hephaestus or Typhon, defines the Greek mythical category of the \"mother's son.\" It analyses the link between Ares and this type of character through the god's relationships with the female universe, and specifically with Hera, his mother, which help to determine the personality and attributes of the god of war, and his situation within the Olympian family. The similarities between Ares and the \"mother's sons\" makes it possible to study his mythological figure, explore the consequences of exclusively being \"born of woman\" or \"born of man,\" and finally, to consider the situation of the feminine and the masculine in Greek mythology.","PeriodicalId":46369,"journal":{"name":"CLASSICAL WORLD","volume":"114 1","pages":"119 - 143"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2000,"publicationDate":"2021-02-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1353/CLW.2021.0002","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"CLASSICAL WORLD","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1353/CLW.2021.0002","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"0","JCRName":"CLASSICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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ABSTRACT:This paper, based on characters such as Hephaestus or Typhon, defines the Greek mythical category of the "mother's son." It analyses the link between Ares and this type of character through the god's relationships with the female universe, and specifically with Hera, his mother, which help to determine the personality and attributes of the god of war, and his situation within the Olympian family. The similarities between Ares and the "mother's sons" makes it possible to study his mythological figure, explore the consequences of exclusively being "born of woman" or "born of man," and finally, to consider the situation of the feminine and the masculine in Greek mythology.
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Classical World (ISSN 0009-8418) is the quarterly journal of The Classical Association of the Atlantic States, published on a seasonal schedule with Fall (September-November), Winter (December-February), Spring (March-May), and Summer (June-August) issues. Begun in 1907 as The Classical Weekly, this peer-reviewed journal publishes contributions on all aspects of Greek and Roman literature, history, and society.