Women in Greek Myth by Lefkowitz, Mary R.
Women in Greek Myth by Lefkowitz, Mary R.

Women in Greek Myth

In the first edition of Women in Greek Myth, Mary R. Lefkowitz convincingly challenged narrow, ideological interpretations...
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Women in Greek Myth by Lefkowitz, Mary R.

Women in Greek Myth

BD$65.35
Women in Greek Myth by Lefkowitz, Mary R.

Women in Greek Myth

BD$65.35
Author: Mary R. Lefkowitz
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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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.



Author: Mary R. Lefkowitz
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 07/01/2007
Pages: 280
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.87lbs
Size: 8.88h x 6.10w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780801886508


Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2008 pg. 15

About the Author

Mary R. Lefkowitz is the Andrew W. Mellon Professor in Humanities emerita at Wellesley College and coeditor of Women's Life in Greece and Rome, also published by Johns Hopkins.


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