Gender and Immortality : Heroines in Ancient Greek Myth and Cult.

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In recent years, the topic of ancient Greek hero cult has been the focus of considerable discussion among classicists. Little attention, however, has been paid to female heroized figures. Here Deborah Lyons argues for the heroine as a distinct category in ancient Greek religious ideology and daily p...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lyons, Deborah
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014.
Colección:Princeton legacy library.
Temas:
Greek literature > History and criticism.
Women and literature > Greece.
Immortality in literature.
Women > Mythology > Greece.
Sex role in literature.
Heroines in literature.
Mythology, Greek.
Cults > Greece.
Littérature grecque > Histoire et critique.
Femmes et littérature > Grèce.
Immortalité dans la littérature.
Femmes > Mythologie > Grèce.
Rôle selon le sexe dans la littérature.
Héroïnes dans la littérature.
Mythologie grecque.
Cultes > Grèce.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Ancient & Classical.
Cults
Greek literature
Heroines in literature
Immortality in literature
Mythology, Greek
Sex role in literature
Women and literature
Women > Mythology
Greece
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustration
  • Acknowledgments
  • Note to the Reader
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • Chapter One. Heroines and Heroes
  • Chapter Two. Heroines and Mortals
  • Chapter Three. Mortals and Immortals
  • Chapter Four. Dionysiac Heroines
  • Chapter Five. The Goddess and Her Doubles
  • Appendix: Mythic Female Cult-Founders
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix . A Catalogue of Heroines
  • Bibliography
  • Index Locorum
  • General Index
  • ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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