How Athenian Mythmaking About Amazons Reveals Knowledge About The Conventional Social Roles In Athens And Mens Attitude Towards Women

Author : Christina Gieseler
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3640604504
Total Pages : 14 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How Athenian Mythmaking about Amazons reveals Knowledge about the Conventional Social Roles in Athens and Men’s Attitude towards Women written by Christina Gieseler and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2010-04-26 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essay from the year 2007 in the subject World History - Early and Ancient History, grade: 1,0, Hawai'i Pacific University, course: Gender & Sexuality in the Classical World, language: English, abstract: The image of Amazons in Greek myths contradicts the patriarchal Athenian principles of the order of things and the Athenian way of life, and therewith reveals knowledge about the conventions that existed in Athens. This paper intends to examine in how far this statement is valid, and additionally, what meanings underlie the fact that Amazons often are slain by mythical heroes. At first, a short description will be given on how Amazons are generally depicted in Athenian myths. Then several outstanding features of Amazons will be discussed and connected with their impact on the inversion of social roles. Furthermore, examples of heroes and their successful victory will be analysed in terms of their meaning for Athenian gender roles and male supremacy. The first thing to say about the depiction of Amazons in myths is that they do not have female weaknesses (cf. Tyrell, 88/89). In several myths, the Amazons are described as “men’s equals...” (Homer, Iliad 3.189), or women, “who fight men in battle” (ibid. Iliad 6.186)...

Author : William Blake Tyrrell
Publisher : Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Amazons, a Study in Athenian Mythmaking written by William Blake Tyrrell and published by Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press. This book was released on 1984 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Walter Duvall Penrose
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199533377
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Postcolonial Amazons written by Walter Duvall Penrose and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book is a significant revision of my 2006 doctoral dissertation, 'Bold with the bow and arrow: Amazons and the ethnic gendering of martial prowess in ancient Greek and Asian cultures' ..."--Preface.

Author : Adrienne Mayor
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400865131
Total Pages : 547 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Amazons written by Adrienne Mayor and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2014-09-22 with total page 547 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The real history of the Amazons in war and love Amazons—fierce warrior women dwelling on the fringes of the known world—were the mythic archenemies of the ancient Greeks. Heracles and Achilles displayed their valor in duels with Amazon queens, and the Athenians reveled in their victory over a powerful Amazon army. In historical times, Cyrus of Persia, Alexander the Great, and the Roman general Pompey tangled with Amazons. But just who were these bold barbarian archers on horseback who gloried in fighting, hunting, and sexual freedom? Were Amazons real? In this deeply researched, wide-ranging, and lavishly illustrated book, National Book Award finalist Adrienne Mayor presents the Amazons as they have never been seen before. This is the first comprehensive account of warrior women in myth and history across the ancient world, from the Mediterranean Sea to the Great Wall of China. Mayor tells how amazing new archaeological discoveries of battle-scarred female skeletons buried with their weapons prove that women warriors were not merely figments of the Greek imagination. Combining classical myth and art, nomad traditions, and scientific archaeology, she reveals intimate, surprising details and original insights about the lives and legends of the women known as Amazons. Provocatively arguing that a timeless search for a balance between the sexes explains the allure of the Amazons, Mayor reminds us that there were as many Amazon love stories as there were war stories. The Greeks were not the only people enchanted by Amazons—Mayor shows that warlike women of nomadic cultures inspired exciting tales in ancient Egypt, Persia, India, Central Asia, and China. Driven by a detective's curiosity, Mayor unearths long-buried evidence and sifts fact from fiction to show how flesh-and-blood women of the Eurasian steppes were mythologized as Amazons, the equals of men. The result is likely to become a classic.

Author : Adrienne Mayor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781400897599
Total Pages : 526 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Amazons (eGalley) written by Adrienne Mayor and published by . This book was released on with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: