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Author : Page DuBois
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 14,10 MB
Release : 1991-07
Category : History
ISBN : 0472081535
DIVTraces the development of the Greek hierarchical view of life that continues to permeate Western society /div
Author : Page DuBois
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 36,2 MB
Release : 1991-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9780472081530
DIVTraces the development of the Greek hierarchical view of life that continues to permeate Western society /div
Author : P. Dubois
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Page : pages
File Size : 46,25 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Amazons
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File Size : 14,73 MB
Release : 2010
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In Centaurs and Amazons, Page duBois offers a prehistory of hierarchy. Using structural anthropology, symbolic analysis, and recent literary theory, she demonstrates a shift in Greek thought from the fifth to the fourth century B.C. that had a profound influence upon subsequent Western culture and politics. Through an analysis of mythology, drama, sculpture, architecture, and Greek vase painting, duBois documents the transition from a system of thought that organized the experience of difference in terms of polarity and analogy to one based upon a relatively rigid hierarchical scheme. This was the beginning of "the great chain of being," the philosophical construct that all life was organized in minute gradations of superiority and inferiority. This scheme, in various guises, has continued to influence philosophical and political thought. The author's intelligent and discriminating use of scholarship from various fields makes Centaurs and Amazons an impressive interdisciplinary study of interest to classicists, feminist scholars, historians, art historians, anthropologists, and political scientists.
Author : Guy Cadogan Rothery
Publisher : BEYOND BOOKS HUB
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 34,29 MB
Release : 2021-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 2021051501
The legend of the Amazons is amazingly consistent across three continents, even though actual documentary proof seems elusive. In particular, the Athenians were most insistent about the historical reality of a nation of all-women warriors; their legends described a prehistoric conflict with the Amazons as one of their finest hours. Although later the Amazons became just another map-filling imaginary creature alongside Centaurs, Cyclops, and Giants, Greek legend gives many fine-grained details about the geography, history and anthropology of the Amazon nation.
Author : Kerry Milliron
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 13,44 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780679882961
Xena helps her friend Gabrielle thwart the plans of a scheming warlord to start a war between the Amazons and the Centaurs in order to gain control of Arborea.
Author : Walter Duvall Penrose Jr.
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 13,76 MB
Release : 2016-10-20
Category : History
ISBN : 019101950X
Scholars have long been divided on the question of whether the Amazons of Greek legend actually existed. Notably, Soviet archaeologists' discoveries of the bodies of women warriors in the 1980s appeared to directly contradict western classicists' denial of the veracity of the Amazon myth, and there have been few concessions between the two schools of thought since. Postcolonial Amazons offers a ground-breaking re-evaluation of the place of martial women in the ancient world, bridging the gap between myth and historical reality and expanding our conception of the Amazon archetype. By shifting the center of debate to the periphery of the region known to the Greeks, the startling conclusion emerges that the ancient Athenian conception of women as weak and fearful was not at all typical of the region of that time, even within Greece. Surrounding the Athenians were numerous peoples who held that women could be courageous, able, clever, and daring, suggesting that although Greek stories of Amazons may be exaggerations, they were based upon a real historical understanding of women who fought. While re-examining the sources of the Amazon myth, this compelling volume also resituates the Amazons in the broader context from which they have been extracted, illustrating that although they were the quintessential example of female masculinity in ancient Greek thought, they were not the only instance of this phenomenon: masculine women were masqueraded on the Greek stage, described in the Hippocratic corpus, took part in the struggle to control Alexander the Great's empire after his death, and served as bodyguards in ancient India. Against the backdrop of the ongoing debates surrounding gender norms and fluidity, Postcolonial Amazons breaks new ground as an ancient history of female masculinity and demonstrates that these ideas have a much longer and more durable heritage than we may have supposed.
Author : Gary Jeffrey
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 14,80 MB
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1433967529
A centaur is one of the wildest creations in Greek mythology. In this book, readers explore fascinating tales about centaurs and the dangers they were thought to pose to both themselves and humans. The featured story of “Hercules and the Centaurs” is presented in exciting graphic-novel form, using engaging artwork and accessible text to draw reluctant readers into the world of these wild and powerful creatures. Legendary centaur battles and thrilling tales of kidnappings and rescues are sure to keep readers engaged and pages turning.
Author : Sarah P. Morris
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 485 pages
File Size : 16,20 MB
Release : 2022-02-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0691241945
In a major revisionary approach to ancient Greek culture, Sarah Morris invokes as a paradigm the myths surrounding Daidalos to describe the profound influence of the Near East on Greece's artistic and literary origins.
Author : Thomas Kingsley Troupe
Publisher : Bellwether Media
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 32,53 MB
Release : 2020-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1681037351
Centaurs are the half-human, half-horse creatures known for making trouble. These mythical creatures are known from Greek mythology, but they continue to make their way into the stories and media of today. This title introduces readers to the history of centaurs, their depiction today, and more. An opening narrative, historical timeline, and creature comparison add even more interest and intrigue to this text about fascinating centaurs!