Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, this study examines the different representations of women in the "Odyssey" and their significance within the context of the poem and Greek culture. A central theme of the book is the visualization of the "Odyssey"'s female characters by ancient artists. Several essays discuss the visual and iconographic implications of Odysseus' female encounters in Greek, Etruscan and Roman art.
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Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, this study examines the different representations of women in the "Odyssey" and their significance within the context of the poem and Greek culture. A central theme of the book is the visualization of the "Odyssey"'s female characters by ancient artists. Several essays discuss the visual and iconographic implications of Odysseus' female encounters in Greek, Etruscan and Roman art.
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Good with no dust jacket. 0195086821. Pencil marginalia and underlining to a few pages. Inner hinges are weakened and book is slanted. Scholar's name to ffep (Jenifer Neils).; Female Characters play various roles in the Odyssey: patron goddess (Athena), seductress (Kirke, the Sirens, Nausikaa), carnivorous monster (Skylla), maid servant (Eurykleia), and faithful wife (Penelope). Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, this study examines these different femalerepresentations and their significance within the context of the poem and Greek culture. A central theme of the book is the visualization of the Odyssey's female characters by ancient artists, and several essays discuss the visual and iconographic implications of Odysseus' female encounters asdepicted in Greek, Etruscan, and Roman art. The distinguished contributors--from the fields of classical studies, comparative literature, art history, and archaeology--are A. J. Graham, Seth L. Schein, Diana Buitron-Oliver, Beth Cohen, Sheila Murnaghan, Lillian Eileen Doherty, Helene P. Foley, FromaI. Zeitlin, H. A. Shapiro, Richard Brilliant, Jenifer Neils, and Christine Mitchell Havelock. Feminine in orientation, but not narrowly feminist in approach, this first interdisciplinary work on the Odyssey's female characters will have a broad audience amongst scholars and students working inclassical studies, iconography and art history, women's studies, mythology, and ancient history.; 0.72 x 9.24 x 6.09 Inches; 229 pages; Signed by Contributor.
Add this copy of The Distaff Side: Representing the Female in Homer's to cart. $77.89, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1995 by Oxford University Press.
