Irene Winter's Thesis

In the document of Epic of Gilgamesh, Engidu wakes up from a disturbing nightmare. When he awakens he speaks to the gate in palisade of the cedar forest. Engidu starts to talk to the door as a human being that had no understanding towards him. He saw prince nippur, it was a disaster. Engidu had an axe with him as he was walking, he curses the hunter that bought the beautiful to a disaster and destroyed his wealth. Shamash is the god and Engidu wanted Shamash to punish the hunter, Shamash cursed the hunter. Engidu and Gilgamesh were close friends that were obeying in the Cedar Forest. Endigu tell his friend Gilgamesh about another dream that he had. When he explained the dream to Gilgamesh, he saw a man with a weird face standing by himself looked as if he had a lion face. In the dark house the man had eagle-talons nails and his arms looked like bird wings.

In the ancient times males were inessential to the preservation of life. "The Epic of Gilgamesh" shows how the inability of males to give birth causes a sense of despair and alienation. While the representation of women might seem confusing at first with its wide range of traits, the epic tries to demonstrate all aspects of women, some are dominant in some ways. They are valuable advisors, and have variable attitudes regarding sexuality, they control men's decision in some ways and bring both death and immortality in men's lives. In this paper the female characters of

In the introduction it explains that one period or culture has different views and explanations of law for different aspects of sex compared to another, such as homosexuality is illegal in some time periods due to sodomy (it being unnatural as it does not procreate) but in the ancient Greece it was how men showed their power. Throughout

The artist pays very little attention to details choosing instead to use hieroglyphs to ascertain meaning to what he was trying to portray. The hieroglyphs he uses range from the identities of the god and goddesses to the inscriptions on the top of Prince Ankh-Nef-Nebu to the message at the bottom.

The scene with the men bringing offerings, the offerings they are bringing are in containers that are triangular and circular. They are used to show the way many men would line up to bring offerings to the ruler and the goddess

The name of this helmet is of German origin and was the most common helmet design for military purposes in Europe and in popular use throughout the Middle East. The word “spangen” refers to the metal strips or braces and “helm” means helmet. The front of the helmet usually includes and node protector and check flaps as well as neck and eye protection, which is why they are sometimes called “spectacle helmets” (The Metropolitan Museum of Art).

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a man must be superior to his wife -- or any woman for that matter. An ideal such as this is a common theme throughout literature and history, from ancient Greece to present times, and it will be a long time before these ideas become nothing but words in a history book. The idea of men’s superiority is mirrored through written power imbalance between men and women, seen through male characters ability to give and take away their female counterparts power, how one is supposed to react to their beloved’s infidelity, and what kind of voice women are given in their own story. From Euripides’ Medea to The Yellow Wallpaper, the clues to the imbalance are laid bare in writings old and new.

As mentioned in Part II, the goddesses laid claim to sexual pleasure from the earliest recorded time, successfully exploiting sex to rule societies. Appallingly, ancient women had a terrible set-up from the start concerning their sexual beings, for it appears from the earliest of time women’s creative power existed as being controlled and manipulated as a power belonging to others – outside of her – whether the control evolved from the priests or the regional god or goddess. Specifically, instead of women being praised for the ability to create life, in its place evolved praises for the phallus - the penis occurred glorified and worshipped in the majority of societies. It prevailed with such power; a new king would eat the appendage of his predecessor to absorb his sacred authority.

In the earliest of time in Greece, homosexuality became common within the civilization; which with this socially accepted involvement, some could say, provided the groundwork for the child molestation act of pederasty. Conversely, it appears the Greek’s institutionalized sodomy to a new level for children that involved predominantly upper-class men in the 7th century B.C.; shamefully, boosted with pride concerning this ‘training system as their civil duty.’ They professed to be giving needed guidance to young boys (eromenos); who became effectively courted by older men (the erastes or ‘lover’). The Greeks became flamboyant with their exploitation of adolescents and cunningly gave personal attention to young boys to produce sexual cooperation. Distinctly, there existed a real challenge between Greek homosexuals, involving who would become the ‘dominating partner;’ (which transpires as an extreme shame if you were the lesser); therefore, an infinite number of repugnant circumstances arose, while using children’s passiveness to conceal the men’s perverted actions.

Her eyebrows are connected so they are long and bold. They have slight grooves, which makes her appear stern and focused. Her small, spherical eyes protrude from her otherwise even and smooth face, enhancing her stern appearance. The bridge of her nose is long and narrow and separates the left and right regions of

Many recent movies such as Troy, 300, and Alexander address many different topics like race, gender, ethnicity, religion and sexual orientation in diverse ways. However, the major varying topics of the three movies is the portrayal of sexuality, which must be clarified. Homosexual contact between males was common in ancient Greek culture. However, because of the contemporary public distress regarding homosexuality, movies tend to keep it out of its content. It is important to understand the similarities between each movie and the historical realities of ancient Greek sexuality. Even more so, the significance of how modern-day attitudes and beliefs have influenced the choices made on screen regarding sexual orientation.

As mentioned in Part II, the goddesses laid claim to sexual pleasure from the earliest recorded time, successfully exploiting sex to rule societies. Appallingly, ancient women had a terrible set-up from the start concerning their sexual beings, for it appears from the earliest of time women’s creative power existed as being controlled and manipulated as a power belonging to others, – outside of her – whether the control evolved from the priests or the regional god or goddess. Specifically, instead of women being praised for the ability to create life, in its place evolved praises for the phallus, - the penis occurred glorified and worshipped in the majority of societies. It prevailed with such power; a new king would eat the appendage of his predecessor to absorb his sacred authority.

In Skinner’s article “Ego Mulier: The Construction of Male Sexuality in Catullus,” she shares her knowledge on Roman ancient gender protocol. Skinner talks about the Roman sexual ethics and how the Roman males conduct themselves under this protocol. Skinner illustrates how Catullus uses poetry to express his feelings, and what was Catullus’s life like under this type of protocol in ancient Rome. Catullus poetry at times is difficult to understand, precisely what he is trying to tell his audience about his life, but as Skinner explains it clearly in her article she explains that in Rome, free boys were considered objects of desire, but it was not acceptable for a man to act upon that desire.

In many mainstream religions, God’s and Goddesses, posses one gender and a male and female distinct and separate beings, yet there is a long standing history of androgyny in mystical writings; that is to say the assertion that male and female qualities were originally contained within one body. The term androgyny is given its roots within Greek mythology. The major underlying assumption of both male and female sex roles is that an individual may act in either traditionally male or female roles, depending solely on the situation and needs of that given situation. According to Swain, D. In patriarchal societies men and masculinity have always been held in higher esteem to women and femininity. Men have always held a superior status and position in these societies. This can arguable be traced back to Aristotle who concluded that due to a males genitals being on the outside of the body, this made him “hot and dry” and to be hot and dry was to be superior. Women within these societies are often seen as lowers and not considered worthy or higher status jobs considered weak and lowered to childcare and domestic services.

Throughout history, men and women have always received different treatments regarding their sexuality. In the Ancient and Medieval world, women were expected to be faithful and respect their husband’s sexual wishes. If they failed to do so, they were degraded and judged to be the ruin of society. Men, instead, had more freedom to ‘misbehave,’ and did not get the same treatment as women. Evidence for unequal treatment over sexuality is consistently found in texts coming from diverse areas and times, depicting how this was a widespread phenomenon.