Mary Lefkowitz

Datos Biográficos

ID3874671
NOMBREMary Lefkowitz
NOMBRESMary
APELLIDOLefkowitz
FIRMALEFKOWITZ M
AFILIACIONESWellesley College
VERIFICADONo
TOTAL DE OBRAS14
TOTAL DE CITAS121
TOTAL COMO AUTOR14
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN1991
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2016
ÍNDICE H4

  • Euripides and the Gods

    Mary R Lefkowitz, Mary LefkowitzBOOKEuripides and the Gods2016

  • Athena

    Mary R Lefkowitz, Mary LefkowitzCHAPTEREuripides and the Gods2016

    Athena, the goddess of Athens, appears in more of Euripides’ extant dramas than any other god. When angry, Athena can be ruthless, as she is in the Trojan Women, but in most other dramas she is more willing than other gods to communicate with mortals, especially when the interests of her own city are concerned, appearing ex machina in Euripides’ dramas Suppliants, Iphigenia among the Taurians, Ion, and Erechtheus. In these dramas the goddess help…

  • Conclusion

    Mary R Lefkowitz, Mary LefkowitzCHAPTEREuripides and the Gods2016

    At the end of dramas the gods may not have solved all problems, that does not mean that Euripides sought to have his original audiences cease to honor them. On the contrary, it reminds us that the gods exist to please themselves, not in order to make humans happy. The codas to five dramas (even though they were probably not written by Euripides) state explicitly and without any hedging that the gods do what they choose to do and that humans only …

  • Women's Life in Greece and Rome

    Mary R Lefkowitz, Mary Lefkowitz et al.BOOKWomen's Life in Greece and Rome2016Citada por: 20

    This highly acclaimed collection provides a rare look into the private lives and legal status of Greek and Roman women of all social classes -- wet nurses, prostitutes, poets, gladiators, musicians, intellectuals, priestesses, and housewives. The third edition offers new texts in nearly every section, vividly describing women's sentiments and circumstances through readings on love, bereavement, and friendship, but also on property rights, breast …

  • The Lives of the Greek Poets

    Mary R Lefkowitz, Mary LefkowitzBOOKThe lives of the Greek poets2012Citada por: 87

    Renowned scholar Mary R. Lefkowitz has extensively revised and rewritten her 1981 classic to introduce a new generation of students to the lives of the Greek poets. Thoroughly updated with references to the most recent scholarship, this second edition includes new material and fresh analysis of the ancient biographies of Greece's most famous poets. With little or no independent historical information to draw on, ancient writers searched for biogr…

  • History Lesson

    Mary R Lefkowitz, Mary LefkowitzBOOKHistory Lesson2008

  • Women in Greek Myth

    Mary R Lefkowitz, Mary LefkowitzBOOKWomen in Greek Myth2007

  • Greek Gods, Human Lives

    Kelly A MacFarlane, Kelly MacFarlane et al.ARTICLEThe Classical World2005

  • Who Needs Greek? Contests in the Cultural History of Hellenism

    Mary R Lefkowitz, Mary Lefkowitz et al.ARTICLEPhoenix2004Citada por: 5

  • Not Out of Africa

    Ann Macy Roth, Mary Lefkowitz et al.REVIEWThe American Historical Review1997

    Introduction * Myths of African Origins * Ancient Myths of Cultural Dependency * The Myth of the Egyptian Mystery System * The Myth of the Stolen Legacy * Conclusion * Epilogue

  • To the Editor

    Mary R Lefkowitz, Mary LefkowitzARTICLEThe American Historical Review1997

  • Not out of Africa

    August Meier, Mary R Lefkowitz et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History1996

  • "The myth of a "Stolen Legacy

    Open AccessMary R Lefkowitz, Mary LefkowitzARTICLESociety1994

  • Epinician Performance

    Malcolm Heath, Mary R Lefkowitz et al.ARTICLEClassical Philology1991Citada por: 9