Zeus and Hera
       
     
Hera Standing on a Cow
       
     
Athena Sprouting from Zeus' Head
       
     
Athena
       
     
Aphrodite
       
     
Closeup
       
     
Paris Carrying the Apple and the Fairest
       
     
Clytemnestra and Owl
       
     
Closeup
       
     
Orestes and Electra
       
     
Odysseus Tied to the Mast
       
     
The Homecoming: Telemachus, Penelope, Odysseus, and Argos
       
     
The Greek Gods Arriving to Celebrate The Vows
       
     
Telemachus
       
     
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Odysseus upon Homecoming
       
     
Argos and Jetson
       
     
Zeus and Hera
       
     
Zeus and Hera

Zeus with Ios on his lap, defining patriarchy as a man having multiple affairs. Angry Hera, Zeus’ wife, is holding two snakes with which she wants to kill Hercules, Zeus’ extramarital son.

Hera Standing on a Cow
       
     
Hera Standing on a Cow
Athena Sprouting from Zeus' Head
       
     
Athena Sprouting from Zeus' Head

Upon eating pregnant Metis, Zeus gave birth to Athena, born out of his head, nearly killing him.

Athena
       
     
Athena

Athena is presented in her identity as prepared for a fight defending virginity; She has a shield portraying the head of Medusa. She is presented as the woman who is wise and empowered.

Aphrodite
       
     
Aphrodite

The Homeric drama begins with Aphrodite seeking the apple inscribed to the fairest. This is a symbol of antagonism. To win the apple the goddess chose to offer to Paris a woman who had taken the vows of fidelity challenging the power of patriarchy in domesticating women.

Closeup
       
     
Closeup
Paris Carrying the Apple and the Fairest
       
     
Paris Carrying the Apple and the Fairest

Paris accepted the award, a married woman, but paid the price of a war that destroyed Troy.

Clytemnestra and Owl
       
     
Clytemnestra and Owl

The Iliad, an epic about violating the vows, ends as a tragedy. Agamemnon, the leader of the war, upon his homecoming was murdered by his wife, Sphinx-looking Clytemnestra and Aegisthus, her lover.

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Closeup
Orestes and Electra
       
     
Orestes and Electra

The tragedy was compounded as Clytemnestra was in her turn murdered by her children: Electra, her daughter and Orestes, her son.

Odysseus Tied to the Mast
       
     
Odysseus Tied to the Mast

The Odyssey, unlike the Iliad, has a happy ending. Odysseus stays faithful to Penelope, tying himself to the mast and resisting the temptation of the sirens. Penelope like Athena guards her virginity weaving a shroud. The message for the culture is women persevering, respecting the concept of the vows, as fidelity, loyalty to their husbands

The Homecoming: Telemachus, Penelope, Odysseus, and Argos
       
     
The Homecoming: Telemachus, Penelope, Odysseus, and Argos

The next installation celebrates Odysseus' homecoming; he is welcomed by Penelope, his faithful wife, respectful son Telemachus and his loyal dog Argos.

The Greek Gods Arriving to Celebrate The Vows
       
     
The Greek Gods Arriving to Celebrate The Vows

A boat of Olympian gods brings presents to the couple celebrating the vows as the key to resolving marital conflicts.

Telemachus
       
     
Telemachus
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Odysseus upon Homecoming
       
     
Odysseus upon Homecoming
Argos and Jetson
       
     
Argos and Jetson