When God Was a Woman
What is the importance of Greece in the book, When God Was a Woman?
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Pre-Hellenic Greece sends to the island of Crete an Indo-European culture which adopts local Minoan culture and returns via the "Sea People" to the mainland. Scholars term this blended culture "Mycenae". The Achaean invasions (thirteenth century BCE) weaken the ancient matrilineal tradition, and the Dorians make patrilineal succession normative. The Northerners introduce the worship of Dyaus Pitar ("God Father") who becomes Zeus. The myth of Hera's failed struggle against Zeus may reflect the revolutionary cultural conflict. Myths of Aphrodite and Adonis survive in Greece, despite Indo-European disapproval.
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