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Euripides, Women and Sexuality
Contributor(s): Powell, Anton (Editor)
ISBN: 041501025X     ISBN-13: 9780415010252
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE:   $152.00  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: June 1990
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Annotation: Eurpides' intense interest in the psychological and social position of women has long been recognized. This important new volume explores the playwright's treatment of sexuality, female morality and Greek ideals for women's behavior. Using a wide range of analytic techniques, Euripidean scholars cast new light not only on Euripides' own views of women, but also on the ideals and preoccupations of his contemporaries in this area.
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BISAC Categories:
- Drama | Ancient & Classical
- History | Ancient - General
Dewey: 882.01
LCCN: 89010409
Physical Information: 0.63" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.92 lbs) 210 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
 
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Euripides' interest in the psychology and social position of women is well known. Of the great Greek playwrights, he most directly reflects contemporary philosophical and social debates, and his work is of great value as a source for social history.
The important new studies in this volume explore Euripides' treatment of sexuality and Greek ideals of women's behaviour. Using a wide range of analytic techniques, seven scholars direct new light not only on Euripides' own views of women but also on the ideals and preoccupations of his contemporaries in this area. Athenian women of the classical period were used, in Plato's phrase, 'to a life in the shadows'. This book helps us to see how far the influence of these cloistered women extended into the sunlit world of men.