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Female Acts in Greek Tragedy

Paperback • 2003 • English

Female Acts in Greek Tragedy

By Helene P. Foley

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About the book

Although Classical Athenian ideology did not permit women to exercise legal, economic, and social autonomy, the tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides often represent them as influential social and moral forces in their own right. Scholars have struggled to explain this seeming contradiction. Helene Foley shows how Greek tragedy uses gender relations to explore specific issues in the development of the social, political, and intellectual life in the polis. She investigates three centra...Show more

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9780691094922

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Published year

2003

Language

English

Original title

Female Acts in Greek Tragedy

Format

Paperback

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