Shameless: The Canine and the Feminine in Ancient Greece

by Cristiana Franco

The figure of the dog is a paradox. As in so many cultures, past and present, the dog in ancient Greece was seen as the animal closest to humans, even as it elicited from them the most negative representations. Still a loaded term today, the word bitch not only signified shamelessness and a lack of self-control but was also exclusively figured as female. Woman and dogs in the Greek imagination were intimately intertwined, and in this careful,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520273400
• ISBN13: 9780520273405
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"