In ancient Greek mythology, there were many gods, who were powerful and omnipotent. The philosopher Aristotle said, "Women bring chaos and evil, and are useless, more chaotic than the enemy", and many of the descriptions of women in Greek mythology are deceitful, manipulative, depraved men, all beginning with Pandora, the first mortal woman, creating chaos on earth and human disaster.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="2" > fifth place: The Hidden Witch - Calypso</h1>
Calypso, in Greek mythology, was the witch of the island of Odegier and the daughter of the giant Atlas. Calypso had imprisoned the hero Odysseus on her island for seven years. In Greek, Calypso means to conceal, hide, deceive, and conceal knowledge. When Odysseus landed on the island of O'Odegier, Calypso fell madly in love with him, determined to seduce Odysseus.
In any case, Calypso wanted to trap this handsome mortal Greek hero as his husband. Although Odysseus had been captivated by the witch Calypso, he never really settled on her island, and he missed his wife Penelope, who waited patiently for him at her home on Ithaca, weaving on her loom.
However, Odysseus could not escape the witch's control and could only silently endure Calypso's anger. Eventually, he couldn't bear it anymore, and he confided to the goddess Athena an unbearable miss for his wife. Athena, as the guardian and protector of mortals, received the voice of Odysseus and asked Zeus, the ruler of all the Greek gods, for help.
Zeus ordered the emissary Hermes to find Calypso and tell her it was time to release the poor man and let him go home. At first, Calypso thought that Zeus just didn't want the gods and mortals to have an affair, and didn't pay attention to it. After much deliberation and debate, Athena and Zeus persuaded Calypso to do the right thing, and it was with a heavy heart that she offered Odysseus wine, bread, and cheese to support his journey, to provide him with a raft, and to bid him farewell.
After this incident, Calypso was also punished. The goddess of destiny will send a handsome hero to Calypso's island every once in a while, and eventually the hero will not stay on the island, and Calypso will fall in love every time.
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In Greek mythology, Clyteignstra was the wife of Agamemnon, king of Mycenaeans, daughter of spartan rulers Tindarus and Leda, and sister of Helen of Troy. When Agamemnon and his brother Menelaus were in exile at the home of Tindares, the brothers became interested in the two sisters, leading Agamemnon to marry Cleteigstra and Menelaus to Helen.
Cluetenestra was not Agamemnon's wife at first, her first husband was King Tantaros of Pisa, who was murdered by Agamemnon, who then took Cletemnestra as his wife. After Helen was kidnapped from Sparta by Paris of Troy, Helen's husband Menelaus went to his brother Agamemnon to help bring her back, and began the Trojan journey.
Things didn't go well at first, and winds in the opposite direction delayed the ship's departure from Oris. The priest told Agamemnon that if he and Iphigenia, the daughter of Clyteigestra, were sacrificed to the goddess Artemis, the wind would change in the right direction. Agamemnon tricked Clytenestra into marrying his daughter to the greatest Greek warrior, Achilles, and succeeded in convincing Cleteigstra to send her daughter to Oris. When the daughter arrived, she was immediately sacrificed, and the wind blew and the people set sail for Troy.
The murder of her daughter infuriated Clütemstra, a ten-year war, and in the absence of Agamemnon, Cleteigstra began an affair with her husband's cousin, Egistos. With the help of Egistos, she began to make plans to remove Agamemnon.
After the war, Agamemnon returned triumphantly, bringing with him his mistress, Princess Cassandra of Troy. Cassandra was originally Apollo's priestess, and later cursed by Apollo not to believe her prophecies. Agamemnon returned to the palace, where he was greeted by his wife, Cleteignstra, who unveiled the red carpet to commemorate his return, entered the palace for a banquet, and left Cassandra in a chariot outside.
While Agamemnon was in the shower, Clutenestella tied him up with a net and assassinated him. Outside, Cassandra had seen in advance that she and Agamemnon would be murdered and cried out for help, but her cries were ignored as Apollo cursed her that no one would believe her prophecies. Knowing that she was destined to die, she calmly walked into the palace and walked towards death.
After Agamemnon's death, his cousin Egistos became king and ruled for seven years, with Clyteignestra as his queen. Seven years later, Creutenestra and Agamemnon's son, Restes, rebelled, killed his mother and brother, and ascended to the throne.