What is the symbolism of the women in the Iliad?

Question

Do you think the representation of the women in the Iliad have to do with their position? And what do you consider the symbolism of how they are represented?

Answer 1

Partly.

You need to take their actions as a whole, because they represent the whole of the mother goddess in each of her aspects or actions, and how she interacts in a patriarchal society.

Answer 2

I don't know if there's any symbolism. They're just that, the women in the story.