A01=Nicole Loraux
Adviser
Ambiguity
Amphidromia
Ancient Greece
Ancient Greek comedy
Aphrodite Pandemos
Aporia
Archaic Greece
Archetype
Aristophanes
Aristotle
Athena Parthenos
Athena Promachos
Author_Nicole Loraux
Catalogue of Ships
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Classical Athens
Deity
Demosthenes
Eileithyia
Eleusis
Epikleros
Epimetheus (mythology)
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Erechtheion
Erechtheus
Erichthonius of Athens
Euripides
Evadne
Femininity
First appearance
Funeral oration (ancient Greece)
Gaia (mythology)
Genos
Greek mythology
Hellenistic period
Hephaestus
Herse
Hesiod
Ho Chi Minh
Homeric Hymns
Indochina
Kerameikos
Kleos
Laughter
Lekythos
Lysimache
Lysistrata
Mother goddess
Myrrhine
Mythology
Odysseus
Omphalos
Oracle
Parabasis
Parthenon
Parthenos (mythology)
Peleus
Peloponnese
Pentecontaetia
Phidias
Prometheus Bound
Revolution
Satire
Soviet Union
Strategic Air Command
Teleios
The Tenth
Theogony
Thesmophoriazusae
Thucydides
Tragedy
U Thant
Product details
- ISBN 9780691037622
- Weight: 425g
- Dimensions: 152 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 28 Aug 1994
- Publisher: Princeton University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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According to one myth, the first Athenian citizen was born from the earth after the sperm of a rejected lover, the god Hephaistos, dripped off the virgin goddess Athena's leg and onto fertile soil. Henceforth Athenian citizens could claim to be truly indigenous to their city and to have divine origins that bypassed maternity. In these essays, the renowned French Hellenist Nicole Loraux examines the implication of this and other Greek origin myths as she explores how Athenians in the fifth century forged and maintained a collective identity.
Nicole Loraux is Director of Studies at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris. Froma I. Zeitlin is Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature at Princeton University.
