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Product Identifiers

PublisherJohns Hopkins University Press

ISBN-100801886503

ISBN-139780801886508

eBay Product ID (ePID)57094427

Product Key Features

Number of Pages280 Pages

Publication NameWomen in Greek Myth

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2007

SubjectAncient / Greece, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Folklore & Mythology, Ancient & Classical

FeaturesNew Edition

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Social Science, History

AuthorMary R. Lefkowitz

FormatPerfect

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight13.6 Oz

Item Length8.9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Edition Number2

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2006-037277

Reviews"An intelligent, readable, and useful analysis of the issues bearing on the status of women in ancient myth and society." -- Classical World, reviewing a previous edition or volume, "An intelligent, readable and useful analysis of the issues bearing on the status of women in ancient myth and society.Classical World" -- Classical World, "Women in Greek Myth exemplifies the characteristics of philological mastery, poetic insight, historical understanding, and lucid style that we have come to expect in a book by Mary Lefkowitz." -- New England Classical Newsletter, "Exemplifies the characteristics of philological mastery, poetic insight, historical understanding, and lucid style that we have come to expect in a book by Mary Lefkowitz." -- New England Classical Journal, reviewing a previous edition or volume, " "Women in Greek Myth" exemplifies the characteristics of philological mastery, poetic insight, historical understanding, and lucid style that we have come to expect in a book by Mary Lefkowitz."-- "New England Classical Newsletter", "The evidence Lefkowitz provides in the new chapters bolsters her claims and makes this edition a necessary replacement of the former." -- Choice, ""The evidence Lefkowitz provides in the new chapters bolsters her claims and makes this edition a necessary replacement of the former."", The evidence Lefkowitz provides in the new chapters bolsters her claims and makes this edition a necessary replacement of the former., The evidence Lefkowitz provides in the new chapters bolsters her claims and makes this edition a necessary replacement of the former. -- Choice

Dewey Edition22

Grade FromCollege Freshman

IllustratedYes

Grade ToCollege Graduate Student

Dewey Decimal292.1/3082

Table Of ContentPreface to Second Edition Preface to First Edition 1. Princess Ida and the Amazons 2. The Powers of the Primeval oddesses 3. The Heroic Women of Greek Epic 4. Chosen Women 5. Seduction and Rape 6. "Predatory" Goddesses 7. The Last Hours of the Parthenos 8. Women in the Panathenaic and Other Festivals 9. Women without Men 10. Wives 11. Influential Women 12. Martyrs 13. Misogyny Epilogue List of Abbreviations Notes References Index

Edition DescriptionNew Edition

SynopsisIn the first edition of Women in Greek Myth , Mary R. Lefkowitz convincingly challenged narrow, ideological interpretations of the roles of female characters in Greek mythology. Where some scholars saw the Amazons as the last remnant of a forgotten matriarchy, Clytemnestra as a frustrated individualist, and Antigone as an oppressed revolutionary, Lefkowitz argued that such views were justified neither by the myths themselves nor by the relevant documentary evidence. Concentrating on those aspects of women's experience most often misunderstood--life apart from men, marriage, influence in politics, self-sacrifice and martyrdom, and misogyny--she presented a far less negative account of the role of Greek women, both ordinary and extraordinary, as manifested in the central works of Greek literature. This updated and expanded edition includes six new chapters on such topics as heroic women in Greek epic, seduction and rape in Greek myth, and the parts played by women in ancient rites and festivals. Revisiting the original chapters as well to incorporate two decades of more recent scholarship, Lefkowitz again shows that what Greek men both feared and valued in women was not their sexuality but their intelligence., In the first edition of Women in Greek Myth , Mary R. Lefkowitz convincingly challenged narrow, ideological interpretations of the roles of female characters in Greek mythology. Where some scholars saw the Amazons as the last remnant of a forgotten matriarchy, Clytemnestra as a frustrated individualist, and Antigone as an oppressed ......, In the first edition of Women in Greek Myth, Mary R. Lefkowitz convincingly challenged narrow, ideological interpretations of the roles of female characters in Greek mythology. Where some scholars saw the Amazons as the last remnant of a forgotten matriarchy, Clytemnestra as a frustrated individualist, and Antigone as an oppressed revolutionary, Lefkowitz argued that such views were justified neither by the myths themselves nor by the relevant documentary evidence. Concentrating on those aspects of women's experience most often misunderstood -- life apart from men, marriage, influence in politics, self-sacrifice and martyrdom, and misogyny -- she presented a far less negative account of the role of Greek women, both ordinary and extraordinary, as manifested in the central works of Greek literature. This updated and expanded edition includes six new chapters on such topics as heroic women in Greek epic, seduction and rape in Greek myth, and the parts played by women in ancient rites and festivals. Revisiting the original chapters as well to incorporate two decades of more recent scholarship, Lefkowitz again shows that what Greek men both feared and valued in women was not their sexuality but their intelligence.

LC Classification NumberBL795.W65L44