Archilocus of Paros, 7th Century B.C.
* Focuses on women's breast, thighs, vagina, and etc.
* Sees women as an sexual explicit creature
* The objects of men's desires
* Exist solely to give pleasure to men
* Value young women over older women
* The more a women age the less beautiful she becomes
* Exists to breed with men
B) Fat and dirty
B) Shifty character
B) Gossips all the time
C) Untamable creature
B Knows nothing at all
C) only knows how to eat
B) Unpredictable
B) Lazy, and eats all the time
C) like to have sex anytime
B Has no lovable traits
C) Good for sex but not for conversation
D) She steals from her neighbors
B) Only cares about looking beautiful
C) No help to her husband/ only good to look at
D) Can only be dealt with by a very rich man
B) Very ugly and disgusting
C) Knows every trick possible
D) Never helps anyone/ only goal is to do evil
B) everything that is good comes from her
C) Best and wisest of all women
Alcaeus of Lesbos (7th/6th Century B.C.)
Ibycus of Rhegium (6th Century B.C.)
Anacreon of Teos (6th/5th Century B.C.)
Stesichorus of Himera (7th/6th Century B.C.)
All these other poets seem to share the same attitudes towards women as Archilocus and Semonides. The see women as only surviving sexual purposes, and being good for procreation of heirs for their husbands. They value the world of men more than women. The celebrate with high regard the achievements of men. They even value sexual relations with young boys more than with women. Anacreon takes great care in writing about his homosexuality towards young boys. Overall they celebrate and value the relationships between men more than relationships between men and women. They see relationships with women as a necessity for the survival of men. They devalue the lives of women as a whole. In their eyes a woman is the curse of the gods given to men. Their attitudes towards women is built on a tradition of misogyny.
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