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Dangerous gifts : gender and exchange in ancient Greece /

Deianeira sends her husband Herakles a poisoned robe. Eriphyle trades the life of her husband Amphiaraos for a golden necklace. Atreus's wife Aerope gives away the token of his sovereignty, a lamb with a golden fleece, to his brother Thyestes, who has seduced her. Gifts and exchanges always inv...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Lyons, Deborah J.
Format: Government Document Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, ©2012.
Series:UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo