Female acts in Greek tragedy /

Although Classical Athenian ideology did not permit women to exercise legal, economic, and social autonomy, the tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides often represent them as influential social and moral forces in their own right. Scholars have struggled to explain this seeming contradicti...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Foley, Helene P., 1942-
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press ©2001.
Series:Martin classical lectures (Unnumbered).
Online Access:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt7s7m1