Minerva and Arachne Analysis
Symbolism, Imagery, Allegory
Setting
Minerva and Arachne is one of those rare stories where the setting makes almost no difference to the story whatsoever. We know that the story takes place in the small village of Hypaepa, which was...
Context
The vast majority of ancient Greek myths exist in at least two of three written versions. That's written versions that we've discovered. There are likely at least a few stories out there that we've...
The Hero's Journey
The problem with analyzing much of Greek mythology using the 12 steps of the Hero's Journey is that many of the myths are sans hero. Sans is French for "without." Why didn't we just say, "without?"...