The Children of Athena: Athenian Ideas about Citizenship and the Division Between the Sexes by Nicole Loraux

The Children of Athena: Athenian Ideas about Citizenship and the Division Between the Sexes

Nicole Loraux with Caroline Levine (Translator)

296 pages first pub 1990 (editions)

nonfiction history reference informative medium-paced
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According to one myth, the first Athenian citizen was born from the earth after the sperm of a rejected lover, the god Hephaistos, dripped off the virgin goddess Athena's leg and onto fertile soil. Henceforth Athenian citizens could claim to be tr...

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