Tragic Ways of Killing a Woman
by:
Nicole Loraux (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780674902251 (0674902254)
Publish date: October 21st 1987
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Pages no: 114
Edition language: English
A scholarly work that explores the gender differences underlying the killing of characters in Greek tragedies. Men die in heroic battle, or are murdered. Women, with a few notable exceptions, either commit suicide or are sacrificed for the greater good of family or nation. In an ancient world where ...
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