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The Children of Athena: Athenian Ideas About Citizenship and the Division Between the Sexes

Name: The Children of Athena: Athenian Ideas About Citizenship and the Division Between the Sexes
Brand: Princeton University Press
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paperback – August 8, 1994

by Loraux, Nicole

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ISBN-13: 9780691037622 ISBN-10: 0691037620

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Binding

paperback

Published

August 8, 1994

Weight

0.9 lbs

Dimensions

23.40×1.90×15.60 cm

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The Children of Athena: Athenian Ideas About Citizenship and the Division Between the Sexes by Loraux, Nicole. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780691037622.

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 Athenas 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.