Distaff Side : Representing the Female in Homer's Odyssey.

Distaff Side : Representing the Female in Homer's Odyssey.

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 femalerepresentati...

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Main Author: Cohen, Beth (Art historian)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cary : Oxford University Press, 1995.
Subjects:
Homer > Characters > Women.
Homer. > Odyssey.
Art and literature > Greece.
Art, Greek.
Epic poetry, Greek > History and criticism.
Goddesses, Greek, in literature.
Women and literature > Greece.
Women in art.
Women in literature.
Online Access: Full text (Wentworth users only)
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
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Summary: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,
Physical Description:1 online resource (286 pages)
ISBN:9780195344738
0195344731
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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