"Innovative and accessible... [Foley] combines wide coverage with nuance and detail... Hers is the best argument you will find to the effect that Greek tragedy gives heroines a (limited) space from which to assert their private and public virtues alongside male vices and transgressions. This builds to a distinctive and carefully historicized vision of tragedy's role in Athens, not to ... Read moremention its surprising contribution to modern debates about ethics and gender."
Jon Hesk, Times Literary Supplement "[A] well-documented study of Greek tragedy from a feminisit perspective."
Choice "This impressive work is noteworthy for its comprehensive scope and its lucid style. All those interested in an expanded understanding of ancient drama should benefit from this major study done by a very important scholar."
Mary-Kay Gamel, Theatre Journal "Sensibility of thought and methodology characterize this work that will be valued by scholars, teachers, and students of Greek tragedy... This study excels because of the author's firm grasp of the ancient texts and her willingness to embrace methodologies that do no violence to them."
John E. Thorburn, The Classical Outlook "Foley offers new perspectives and complete presentations of several tragedy women... This book may not be read in an afternoon. But every classics scholar should read it once and most will reread sections to consider again Foley's selected women."
Karelisa V. Hartigan, Religious Studies Review Show Less