Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths

by Natalie Haynes

But Jocasta can be hard to find. Her invisibility is only heightened by the absence of her in the visual arts, where we might expect to find vase paintings or sculptures of one of myth’s most notorious mothers. In fact, no certain image of Jocasta survives from the ancient world at all.

A beautiful woman whom men find all the more alluring because she is essentially mute? I know, I always think the shock will kill me too.

one of the most important things about these women is their collective nature: they are usually found together. It’s a stark contrast to the winner-takes-all mentality that pervades the male hero ethos

the heroic mindset for the Greeks who fight at Troy is intrinsically selfish and self-absorbed.