... do not have to prove their incorruptibility over and over again. Their divine births establish them as being pure and upright for eternity. This contrast in the stature of mortal and immortal women is clear from two instances described in the book. Clytaemnestra who murders her husband with the aid of her lover is described to be "a disgrace to womankind," while the goddess Aphrodite indulging in adultery with her immortal lover Ares behind her husband's back, does not have to encounter any of the blame or disgrace experienced by her mortal counterpart. However even some of the goddesses with their elevated status, cannot escape being classified as mere sex symbols by men--mortal and immortal alike. It is only sexual attraction, which lures Odysseus to Calypso, and that attraction too lasts for a very brief length of time. This is evident from the following lines-" life with its sweetness was ...

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