Hero's Daughter

by Maureen Murdock

Book Overview

Athena sprang full-grown from the head of Zeus, her father, who had swallowed Metis, her mother, for fear she would bear a child equal to him in courage. Following her dramatic birth, Athena associated herself only with Zeus . . . Though less mythic in stature, this is what happens to a father's daughter: the mother is metaphorically swallowed by the father as he steals the daughter for himself. Indeed, for many women the most important relationship...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 044990962X
• ISBN13: 9780449909621
• Release Date: August 1994
• Publisher: Fawcett Books
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 1.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.6"