Imagining illegitimacy in classical Greek literature / Mary Ebbott.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ebbott, Mary.

Contributor:

Center for Hellenic Studies (Washington, D.C.)

Series:

Greek studies

Language:

English

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Subjects (All):

Greek literature--History and criticism.

Greek literature.

Illegitimacy in literature.

Inheritance and succession in literature.

Inheritance and succession--Greece.

Inheritance and succession.

Illegitimacy.

Illegitimate children.

Greece.

Illegitimate children--Greece.

Illegitimacy--Greece.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 121 pages).

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, [2003]

Language Note:

English text with selections of the original Greek.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

In Imagining Illegitimacy, Mary Ebbott investigates metaphors of illegitimacy in classical Greek literature, concentrating in particular on the way in which the illegitimate child (nothos) is imagined in narratives. By analyzing the imagery connected to illegitimate persons, Ebbott arrives at deep insights on how legitimacy and illegitimacy in Greek culture were deeply connected to the concepts of family, procreation, and citizenry, and how these connections influenced cultural imperatives of determining and controlling legitimacy.

Contents:

Introduction: Metaphors of Illegitimacy 1

Chapter 1 Where the Girls Are: Parthenioi and Skotioi 9

Chapter 2 Teucer, the Bastard Archer 37

Chapter 3 Images of Fertility and Sterility 67

Chapter 4 Euripides' Hippolytos 85.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 113-118) and index.

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Other Format:

Print version: Ebbott, Mary. Imagining illegitimacy in classical Greek literature.

OCLC:

606914886

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