Greek Art, Goddesses, Gender Expectations

I am doing my research paper on Greek Art. Specifically art about goddess and how they effected gender expectations in ancient Greece. The first book I read was interesting but not extraordinarily helpful with my topic. My second book was a bit better because I had a more specific idea of what I was researching. Women in Greece were the property of their fathers until they were married and became the property of their husband. This is interesting to me because this kind of treatment suggests women were not respected and seen as less superior, yet the Greeks had powerful, cunning, strong, goddesses. Diana, the Greek goddess of the hunt, was unique in being the hunter instead of the gatherer as women are usually depicted. They gave her this strong role, that in other cultures are seen as a man's. There are other myths of goddesses outsmarting or helping men, showing women on the same intellectual level as men. It's difficult to form a thesis around this because I don't know how men could portray these goddesses as equals and not treat their own women the same, and books and websites don't have an answer either. Further research must be done.