The Resource Distaff Side : Representing the Female in Homer's Odyssey
Distaff Side : Representing the Female in Homer's Odyssey
- 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,
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (286 pages)
- Contents
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- Contributors; Abbreviations; I. Introduction; 1. The Odyssey, History, and Women; 2. Female Representations and Interpreting the Odyssey; 3. Between Skylla and Penelope: Female Characters of the Odyssey in Archaic and Classical Greek Art; II. Female Representations in the Odyssey; 4. The Plan of Athena; 5. Sirens, Muses and Female Narrators in the Odyssey; 6. Penelope as Moral Agent; 7. Figuring Fidelity in Homer's Odyssey; III. Representations of Female Characters from the Odyssey in Ancient Art; 8. Coming of Age in Phaiakia: The Meeting of Odysseus and Nausikaa
- 9. Kirke's Men: Swine and Sweethearts10. Les Femmes Fatales: Skylla and the Sirens in Greek Art; 11. The Intimate Act of Footwashing: Odyssey 19; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z
- Isbn
- 9780195344738
- Label
- Distaff Side : Representing the Female in Homer's Odyssey
- Title
- Distaff Side
- Title remainder
- Representing the Female in Homer's Odyssey
- Language
- eng
- 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,
- Cataloging source
- EBLCP
- Dewey number
- 883/.01
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PA4167 -- D57 1995eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- Label
- Distaff Side : Representing the Female in Homer's Odyssey
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- net
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
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- Contributors; Abbreviations; I. Introduction; 1. The Odyssey, History, and Women; 2. Female Representations and Interpreting the Odyssey; 3. Between Skylla and Penelope: Female Characters of the Odyssey in Archaic and Classical Greek Art; II. Female Representations in the Odyssey; 4. The Plan of Athena; 5. Sirens, Muses and Female Narrators in the Odyssey; 6. Penelope as Moral Agent; 7. Figuring Fidelity in Homer's Odyssey; III. Representations of Female Characters from the Odyssey in Ancient Art; 8. Coming of Age in Phaiakia: The Meeting of Odysseus and Nausikaa
- 9. Kirke's Men: Swine and Sweethearts10. Les Femmes Fatales: Skylla and the Sirens in Greek Art; 11. The Intimate Act of Footwashing: Odyssey 19; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z
- Control code
- ocn935260759
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (286 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780195344738
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- c
- http://library.link/vocab/recordID
- .b3562968x
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)935260759
- pebcs0195344731
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