Mothers in Mourning (Myth and Poetics)
Released: Jan 27, 1998
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Format: Hardcover, 136 pages
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Description:
Loraux investigates the Athenian state's repression of female ritual mourning, and explores the only permissible contexts for such behaviour - poetry, and the dramas performed in the Athenian theatre. An illuminating slant on the culture of Athenian democracy drawing on a diverse range of sources.
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