| Series foreword |
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| Acknowledgements |
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| Illustrations |
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| WHY MEDEA? |
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1 | (26) |
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3 | (8) |
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4 | (2) |
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6 | (1) |
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7 | (2) |
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9 | (2) |
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11 | (16) |
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The transmission of myth: orality and literacy |
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13 | (1) |
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Sources: archaic literature |
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14 | (3) |
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17 | (1) |
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Sources: fifth-century tragedy |
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18 | (1) |
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Sources: the Hellenistic period |
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19 | (1) |
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Sources: Roman interpretations |
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20 | (1) |
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Sources: literary compendia |
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21 | (1) |
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22 | (3) |
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25 | (2) |
| KEY THEMES |
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27 | (74) |
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3 ORIGINS, FOLKTALE AND STRUCTURALISM |
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29 | (12) |
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29 | (3) |
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Accretion and substitution |
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32 | (1) |
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33 | (2) |
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35 | (2) |
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Folktale, myth and old wives' tales |
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37 | (1) |
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37 | (1) |
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38 | (1) |
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39 | (2) |
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4 WITCHCRAFT, CHILDREN AND DIVINITY |
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41 | (18) |
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41 | (1) |
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42 | (2) |
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44 | (1) |
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45 | (1) |
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The many faces of 'the witch' |
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46 | (1) |
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47 | (1) |
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Child killing and society |
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48 | (1) |
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Social structures and reproduction |
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49 | (1) |
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50 | (1) |
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51 | (1) |
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52 | (1) |
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53 | (1) |
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54 | (1) |
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55 | (2) |
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57 | (2) |
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5 ETHNICITY, GENDER AND PHILOSOPHY |
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59 | (12) |
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60 | (1) |
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61 | (2) |
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63 | (2) |
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65 | (3) |
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Philosophical considerations |
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68 | (2) |
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70 | (1) |
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6 EURIPIDES' VERSION OF MYTH |
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71 | (14) |
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71 | (1) |
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72 | (11) |
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83 | (2) |
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7 MYTH ABOUT MYTH: FROM GREECE TO ROME |
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85 | (16) |
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86 | (2) |
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88 | (2) |
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90 | (2) |
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92 | (1) |
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92 | (2) |
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Medea in the Metamorphoses |
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94 | (2) |
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The metamorphosis of Medea |
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96 | (1) |
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97 | (1) |
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98 | (1) |
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99 | (2) |
| AFTER GREECE AND ROME |
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101 | (19) |
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103 | (8) |
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Pagan mythology in a Christian world |
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103 | (1) |
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104 | (1) |
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105 | (3) |
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Infanticide — 'the modern Medea' |
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108 | (2) |
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110 | (1) |
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9 MEDEA IN THE TWENTIETH AND TWENTY-FIRST CENTURIES |
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111 | (9) |
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111 | (2) |
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113 | (1) |
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114 | (2) |
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116 | (1) |
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The continued interest of scholarship |
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116 | (2) |
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Overview — time and place |
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118 | (2) |
| Notes |
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120 | (2) |
| Further reading |
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122 | (10) |
| Works cited |
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132 | (9) |
| Index |
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