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
Published: University of Nottingham 1995
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.282571