"Helene Foley's book is exemplary in its use of a variety of
approaches and it casts new light on both familiar and unfamiliar
aspects of the tragic texts and Greek culture. Her treatment of
myth, ritual, and dramatic plot, for example, is much richer and
more nuanced than readings that have looked almost exclusively at
the patriarchal aspects of the representation of women. Written in
a fashion that is accessible to nonspecialists, this book will
interest anthropologists, philosophers specializing in ethics, and
scholars of gender studies--as well as classicists."--Donald J.
Mastronarde, University of California, Berkeley
"An important book that will become the standard starting point
for studying the representation of female characters in Greek
tragedy. Many readers will be relieved to find that the family does
after all provide opportunities for worthwhile moral agency on the
part of its female members, and that Greek tragedy can be enjoyed
and appreciated for its constructive critique, not its
reinforcement, of classical Greek political and social inequities.
This book should be read by specialists and general readers
interested in drama, gender issues, and Greek civilization."--Mark
Griffith, University of California, Berkeley
"This book will rank with Segal's "Tragedy and Civilization" as
one of the most important works on tragedy in this century. The
reading is nuanced and sophisticated and covers a wide range of
texts while providing considerable social and historical context.
The section on women as moral agents comprehensively treats a topic
that has been almost entirely ignored in other works on women in
tragedy."--Kirk Ormand, author of "Exchange and the Maiden:
Marriage in Sophoclean Tragedy"
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