I’m honestly still not sure what Spenser thinks of the Greek Gods. He references them frequently as being representatives of virtues, but he also sees them as paragons of sin. Of course all their stories, virtuous or not, are meant to teach lessons, and Spenser doesn’t have to feel one way about all of them, but there seems to be a bit of a gender divide: Spenser tends to revere Goddesses and deplore Gods. This is particularly evident in how long he lingers over the descriptions of the tapestries in Busirane’s castle – all of which depict cautionary tales of lustful Gods who ruin the mortal women with whom they consort (a fate which might come to Amoret if she is not saved by virtue). Is this an example of Protestant values vanquishing Pagan ones, or do the Greek myths simply serve as convenient allegories?