Ancient Greek Sexism

So, was Homer and old fashioned sexist or an early feminist. There's the arguement that Athena is portrayed as a strong woman. But, she's not a women is my argument. She's a goddess and therefore gets respect along with the other godesses. In myths when Hera, for example, would be insulted by a human, like when her husband would cheat on her with some princess, she would get angry. I mean she turned Io into a cow and then sent a fly to sting her forever. I would repect her if I lived at the time and knew what was good for me. Or when a man gazed upon Artemis while she was bathing, she turned him into a deer and made his own dogs eat him.

Another arguement for Homer being a sexist is how Penelope is portrayed as a housewife, sitting at home while her husband is away. Sitting, fretting for her husband's return. She doesn't go out looking for him or anything. And, Helen! Helen walks out on her husband and daughter to go on a romantic escapade witha younger man. Because all young women are so easily seduced and naive enough to leave their life behind for an attractive, foreign partner. Homer could have had the Trojan War start for another reason that didn't involve silly little girls. So, in my opinion Homer was the unfashioned sexist type.