期刊名称：Foro de Educación : Pensamiento, Cultura y Sociedad
印刷版ISSN：1698-7799
电子版ISSN：1698-7802
出版年度：2007
卷号：2007
期号：09
出版社：Foro de Educación
摘要：We try to analyze the figure of Penelope in Greek mythology, and
how she has become one of the mythological prominent figures more reinterpreted
throughout the times, with enormous influence in the art and the present culture.
From certain feminist positions it has been wanted to see in Penelope role many
characteristics that they would give us a supposition about the existence of a matriarchy,
which was previous to the arrival of the patriarchy order. Nevertheless, we considered
that the analysis of the sources demonstrate that powerful women such as
Penelope, Areté,Yocasta or Níobe, had not the power by themselves, neither they have
the character to be considered into the matriarchy parameters.
The myth can transform itself to adapt to the new times, and it can serve to redefine
the feminine gender and our current culture, but it must lead us neither to misinterpreting
in an anachronistic way the past, nor to judging the ancient myths from a
set of moral current values
