Born of the Earth
Subtitle: Myth and Politics in Athens (Myth and Poetics)
Contributors: Selina Stewart (Translator)
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: June 15, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780801434198
Subjects: Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Sex role; Fiction; Greek Literature; Mythology; History - General History; Ancient (Classical) Greek; Ancient Greece; Greece; Ancient - Greece; Antiquities & Archaeology; Women; Fairy Tales, Folklore & Mythology; Athens; Citizenship
First sentence: There is no Greek Genesis.
Description: "Through a series of critical interpretations of Athenian myths, Nicole Loraux explores the meaning of democracy in its first form, which excluded from its benefits women, slaves, and foreigners. Arguing that these stories have much to tell us about the present and the human condition, her book makes important claims about the role of the past in our understanding of the present."--BOOK JACKET.