Tragic Ways of Killing a Woman

by Loraux, Nicole; Forster, Anthony

• ISBN13: 9780674902268
• ISBN10: 0674902262
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1991-10-01
• Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr

Summary

In ordinary life an Athenian woman was allowed no accomplishments beyond leading a quiet and exemplary existence as wife and mother. Her glory was to have no glory. In Greek tragedy, however, women die violently and, through violence, master their own fate. It is a genre that delights in blurring the formal frontier between masculine and feminine. Through the subtlety of her reading of these powerful and ambiguous texts, Nicole Loraux elicits an array of insights into Greek attitudes toward death, sexuality, and gender.

Table of Contents

Preface Introduction

The Rope and the Sword

The Pure Blood of Virgins

Regions of the Body

Notes

Cast of Characters

Index

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