When Women Interfere : Studies in the Role of Women in Herodotus' Histories /

When Women Interfere : Studies in the Role of Women in Herodotus' Histories /

Hazewindus, M.W. When Women Interfere. Studies in the Role of Women in Herodotus' Histories. 2004 In his Histories, Herodotus presents several short stories that seem at odds with the main story and that are therefore sometimes dismissed as mere anecdotes. In this book, Dr. Hazewindus analyzes...

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Main Author: Hazewindus, Minke W. (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 2004.

Series: Amsterdam Studies in Classical Philology ; 12.
Amsterdam Studies in Classical Philology Online, ISBN: 9789004419025.

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Women in literature.

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Call Number: PA4004

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • On method: Reconfiguring Herodotus' women
  • The story of Candaules' wife: a story of (not-) seeing (1.6 - 14)
  • About fatal gifts and gruesome mutilations, the story of Amestris' revenge (9.107 - 114)
  • Women who made Cyrus live and die (1.107-114, 1.201-215)
  • The Amazons, or about presuppositions (4.110-118)
  • Pheretime, a 'gender bender'? (4.(145-)162-168, 200-205)
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index.