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The Children of Athena: Athenian Ideas About Citizenship and the Division Between the Sexes
Nicole Loraux
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Paperback. 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. This title explores how Athenians in the fifth century forged and maintained a collective identity. Translator(s): Levine, Caroline. Num Pages: 296 pages, 10 line drawings, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
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.
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.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691037622
SKU
V9780691037622
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About Nicole Loraux
Nicole Loraux is Director of Studies at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris. Froma I. Zeitlin is Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature at Princeton University.
Reviews for The Children of Athena: Athenian Ideas About Citizenship and the Division Between the Sexes
"[This] book is provocative, original, subtle, and scholarly, and offers important general lessons about the functioning of Athenian myth, religion, literature, and culture... This translation ... will certainly help more people to see ... why Loraux has achieved 'classic status' in [her field]."
Simon Goldhill, Bryn Mawr Classical Review "A manifesto for a historian's reading of myths in their civic contexts."
L'Histoire ... Read more
Simon Goldhill, Bryn Mawr Classical Review "A manifesto for a historian's reading of myths in their civic contexts."
L'Histoire ... Read more