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In ordinary life an Athenian woman was allowed no accomplishments beyond leading a quiet and exemplary existence as wife and mother. Her glory was to have no glory. In Greek tragedy, however, women die violently and, through violence, master their own fate. It is a genre that delights in blurring the formal frontier between masculine and feminine. Through the subtlety of her reading of these powerful and ambiguous texts, Nicole Loraux elicits an array of insights into Greek attitudes toward death, sexuality, and gender.

Author: Nicole Loraux
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 10/01/1991
Pages: 114
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.36lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.49w x 0.38d
ISBN13: 9780674902268
ISBN10: 0674902262
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Ancient and Classical
- Drama | Ancient & Classical
- History | General