The role of Athena in fifth century Athenian drama

The goddess Athena is currently perceived through a series of contradictions. She is both warrior and reconciler, killer and patron of the artisan, a goddess who denies her own womanhood and ignores the existence of women. Using Homer's Iliad and Odyssey and the extant complete plays of Aeschyl...

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Main Author: Sibley, Eleanor
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 1995
Online Access:http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/28597/
http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/28597/1/282571.pdf