| Description |
xvii, 271 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Foreword / Froma I. Zeitlin. Autochthony and the Athenian Imaginary. Fragments of a Lexicon for the Acropolis -- I. Athenians and Women. 1. Autochthony: An Athenian Topic. 2. On the Race of Women and Some of Its Tribes: Hesiod and Semonides. 3. The Athenian Name: Imaginary Structures of Lineage in Athens -- II. Reality, Fiction: Women of Athens. 4. The Comic Acropolis: Aristophanes, Lysistrata. 5. Autochthonous Kreousa: Euripides, Ion -- Epilogue: Once Again, the Woman, the Virgin, Female Athenians. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [251]-266) and index. |
| Subject |
Sex role -- Greece.
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Women -- Greece.
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Greece -- Civilization -- To 146 B.C.
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Athens (Greece) -- Social conditions.
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| Indexed Term |
Sex roles History |
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Athens (Greece) |
| Added Title |
Enfants d'Athéna. English
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| ISBN |
0691032726 (acid-free paper) |
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