The Children of Athena: Athenian Ideas about Citizenship and the Division between the Sexes

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...

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Main Author: Loraux, Nicole (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton, NJ Princeton University Press [2021]
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Summary: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
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 27. Sep 2021)
Physical Description:1 online resource (296 pages)
ISBN:9780691236834
DOI:10.1515/9780691236834

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