Playing the Other: Gender and Society in Classical Greek Literature

by Froma I. Zeitlin

Book Overview

Relations between the sexes was a pervasive concern of ancient Greek thought and literature, extending from considerations of masculine and feminine roles in domestic and political spheres to the organization of the cosmos in a pantheon of gods and goddesses. In Playing the Other Froma Zeitlin explores the diversity and complexity of these interactions through the most influential literary texts of the archaic and classical periods ranging...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226979229
• ISBN13: 9780226979229
• Release Date: November 1995
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 484 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"