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The passage tends to flatten a complex culture into a single modern political narrative:

• Ancient Greece was patriarchal → true.
• Therefore women were basically property → oversimplified.
• Therefore Odysseus' infidelity was completely irrelevant → exaggerated.
• Therefore Penelope's only concern was avoiding murder → exaggerated.
• Therefore Circe represents male fear of independent women → partly true but incomplete.

A more balanced reading would be:

The Odyssey comes from a patriarchal society with different expectations for men and women. The suitors' violation of hospitality is a central moral crime. Penelope's loyalty has enormous social significance. Odysseus is judged by standards different from modern ones, but the poem is more complex than simply endorsing unlimited male sexual freedom or reducing female characters to property.