Screen LibraryWomen in Greek myth
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Johns Hopkins University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Baltimore, Md. |
| Publication Dates: | 2007. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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| Carrier Form: | xix, 238 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780801886492 (hardcover : alk. paper) 080188649X (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780801886508 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0801886503 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | I545 |
| CLC: | I545.077 |
| Call Number: | I545.077/L493/2nd.ed. |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-232) and index. Preface to second edition -- Preface to first edition -- Princess Ida and the Amazons -- The powers of the primeval goddesses -- The heroic women of Greek epic -- Chosen women -- Seduction and rape -- "Predatory" goddesses -- The last hours of the Parthenos -- Women in the panathenaic and other festivals -- Women without men -- Wives -- Influential women -- Martyrs -- Misogyny -- Epilogue. |