▁any ▁author ' s ▁attack ▁or ▁defence ▁of ▁women ▁( as ▁well ▁as ▁other ▁subjects ▁of ▁debate ) ▁was ▁interpretation ▁and ▁counter - inter pret ation ▁of ▁the ▁Bible ▁to ▁support ▁his ▁or ▁her ▁perspective . ▁Sw et nam ▁draw s ▁somewhat ▁from ▁the ▁much - deb ated ▁scene ▁of ▁the ▁Garden ▁of ▁E den , ▁saying ▁that ▁woman ▁" was ▁no ▁sooner ▁made ▁but ▁straight way ... proc ured ▁man ' s ▁fall ", ▁but ▁he ▁sp ends ▁more ▁time ▁naming ▁various ▁vict ims ▁of ▁s edu ction , ▁including ▁David , ▁Sol omon , ▁and ▁Sam son , ▁bl aming ▁their ▁falls ▁from ▁God ly ▁grace ▁on ▁the ▁w iles ▁of ▁the ▁women ▁with ▁whom ▁they ▁s inned . ▁He ▁even ▁makes ▁use ▁of ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁legend ary ▁figures ▁in ▁classical ▁anti qu ity , ▁including ▁Her cules , ▁Ag am em non , ▁and ▁U ly ss es , ▁cit ing ▁the ▁trav ails ▁they ▁suffered ▁at ▁the ▁hands ▁of ▁women . ▁While ▁cit ing ▁script ural ▁examples ▁l ends ▁religious ▁authority ▁to ▁his ▁claims , ▁using ▁classical ▁examples , ▁even ▁those ▁from ▁a ▁myth ology ▁de emed ▁false ▁by ▁Christian ▁belief s , ▁appe als ▁to ▁the ▁sense ▁of ▁anti qu ity ▁and ▁cultural ▁superior ity ▁associated ▁with ▁Rome . ▁ ▁The ▁Ar ra ignment ▁of ▁Women ▁was ▁extremely ▁popular — there ▁were ▁th ir teen ▁" known ▁repr ints " ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 7 th ▁century ▁and ▁another ▁five ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 8 th