| The Children of Athena: Athenian Ideas about Citizenship and the Division Between the Sexes Revised Edition Contributor(s): Loraux, Nicole (Author), Levine, Caroline (Translator), Zeitlin, Froma I. (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0691037620 ISBN-13: 9780691037622 Publisher: Princeton University Press OUR PRICE: $59.85 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 1994 Annotation: According to one myth, the first Athenian citizen was born from the earth after the sperm of a rejected lover, the god Hephaistos, dripped off the virgin goddess Athena's leg and onto fertile soil. Henceforth Athenian citizens could claim to be truly indigenous to their city and to have divine origins that bypassed maternity. In these essays, the renowned French Hellenist Nicole Loraux examines the implication of this and other Greek origin myths as she explores how Athenians in the fifth century forged and maintained a collective identity. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Folklore & Mythology - History | Ancient - Greece |
| Dewey: 305.420 |
| Physical Information: 0.76" H x 6.13" W x 9.23" (1.13 lbs) 296 pages |
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| Publisher Description: According to one myth, the first Athenian citizen was born from the earth after the sperm of a rejected lover, the god Hephaistos, dripped off the virgin goddess Athena's leg and onto fertile soil. Henceforth Athenian citizens could claim to be truly indigenous to their city and to have divine origins that bypassed maternity. In these essays, the renowned French Hellenist Nicole Loraux examines the implication of this and other Greek origin myths as she explores how Athenians in the fifth century forged and maintained a collective identity. |