Distaff Side : Representing the Female in Homer's Odyssey.

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Female Characters play various roles in the Odyssey: patron goddess (Athena), seductress (Kirke, the Sirens, Nausikaa), carnivorous monster (Skylla), maid servant (Eurykleia), and faithful wife (Penelope). Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, this study examines these different femalerepresentati...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cohen, Beth (Art historian)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cary : Oxford University Press, 1995.
Temas:
Homer > Characters > Women.
Homer. > Odyssey.
Homer
Odyssey (Homer)
Art and literature > Greece.
Art, Greek.
Epic poetry, Greek > History and criticism.
Goddesses, Greek, in literature.
Women and literature > Greece.
Women in art.
Women in literature.
Art et littérature > Grèce.
Poésie épique grecque > Histoire et critique.
Déesses grecques dans la littérature.
Femmes et littérature > Grèce.
Femmes dans l'art.
Femmes dans la littérature.
Art and literature
Art, Greek
Epic poetry, Greek
Goddesses, Greek, in literature
Women and literature
Women in art
Women in literature
Greece
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contributors; Abbreviations; I. Introduction; 1. The Odyssey, History, and Women; 2. Female Representations and Interpreting the Odyssey; 3. Between Skylla and Penelope: Female Characters of the Odyssey in Archaic and Classical Greek Art; II. Female Representations in the Odyssey; 4. The Plan of Athena; 5. Sirens, Muses and Female Narrators in the Odyssey; 6. Penelope as Moral Agent; 7. Figuring Fidelity in Homer's Odyssey; III. Representations of Female Characters from the Odyssey in Ancient Art; 8. Coming of Age in Phaiakia: The Meeting of Odysseus and Nausikaa.
  • 9. Kirke's Men: Swine and Sweethearts10. Les Femmes Fatales: Skylla and the Sirens in Greek Art; 11. The Intimate Act of Footwashing: Odyssey 19; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z.

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