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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Austin :
University of Texas Press,
©2012.
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Colección: | UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- LIST of ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; NOTE TO THE READER; INTRODUCTION; 1. GENDER and EXCHANGE; 2. MARRIAGE and the CIRCULATION of WOMEN; 3. WOMEN in HOMERIC EXCHANGE; 4. WOMEN and EXCHANGE in the ODYSSEY: From GIFTS to GIVERS; 5. TRAGIC GIFTS; 6. A FAMILY ROMANCE; 7. CONCLUSION: The GENDER of RECIPROCITY; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.