Barbara A Olsen
Biographic Data
| ID | 3599548 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Barbara A Olsen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Barbara A |
| FAMILY NAME | Olsen |
| SIGNATURE | OLSEN B A |
| AFFILIATIONS | American School of Classical Studies at Athens |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Worlds of Penelope: Women in the Mycenaean and Homeric Economies
The Worlds of Penelope: Women in the Mycenaean and Homeric Economies1 Barbara A. Olsen δμῳαὶ Ὀδυσση̑ος, δὴν οἰχομένοιο ἄνακτος, / ἔρχεσθε πρὸς δώμαθ ̓, ἵν ̓ αἰδοίη βασίλεια: / τῃ̑ δὲ παρ ̓ ἠλάκατα στροφαλίζετε, τέρπετε δ ̓ αὐτὴν / ἥμεναι ἐν μεγάρῳ, ἢ εἴρια πείκετε χερσίν: / αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ τούτοισι φάος πάντεσσι παρέξω. Maid servants of Odysseus, of your long-gone lord, go to the chambers there where the revered queen is; there twist the wool on the di…
Women, children and the family in the Late Aegean Bronze Age: Differences in Minoan and Mycenaean constructions of gender
This paper discusses how the relationship between women and children is portrayed and understood in the societies of the Mycenaean (Greek) mainland and Late Minoan Crete. Child rearing has been long assumed to be the primary social role of Aegean women. Yet the art of Late Minoan Crete reveals almost no interest in idealizing women as child‐nurturers. The women of Minoan iconography are almost uniformly depicted outside of domestic contexts. In c…
Women, children and the family in the Late Aegean Bronze Age: Differences in Minoan and Mycenaean constructions of gender
This paper discusses how the relationship between women and children is portrayed and understood in the societies of the Mycenaean (Greek) mainland and Late Minoan Crete. Child rearing has been long assumed to be the primary social role of Aegean women. Yet the art of Late Minoan Crete reveals almost no interest in idealizing women as child‐nurturers. The women of Minoan iconography are almost uniformly depicted outside of domestic contexts. In c…
The Worlds of Penelope: Women in the Mycenaean and Homeric Economies
The Worlds of Penelope: Women in the Mycenaean and Homeric Economies1 Barbara A. Olsen δμῳαὶ Ὀδυσση̑ος, δὴν οἰχομένοιο ἄνακτος, / ἔρχεσθε πρὸς δώμαθ ̓, ἵν ̓ αἰδοίη βασίλεια: / τῃ̑ δὲ παρ ̓ ἠλάκατα στροφαλίζετε, τέρπετε δ ̓ αὐτὴν / ἥμεναι ἐν μεγάρῳ, ἢ εἴρια πείκετε χερσίν: / αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ τούτοισι φάος πάντεσσι παρέξω. Maid servants of Odysseus, of your long-gone lord, go to the chambers there where the revered queen is; there twist the wool on the di…
Women, children and the family in the Late Aegean Bronze Age: Differences in Minoan and Mycenaean constructions of gender
This paper discusses how the relationship between women and children is portrayed and understood in the societies of the Mycenaean (Greek) mainland and Late Minoan Crete. Child rearing has been long assumed to be the primary social role of Aegean women. Yet the art of Late Minoan Crete reveals almost no interest in idealizing women as child‐nurturers. The women of Minoan iconography are almost uniformly depicted outside of domestic contexts. In c…
The Worlds of Penelope: Women in the Mycenaean and Homeric Economies
The Worlds of Penelope: Women in the Mycenaean and Homeric Economies1 Barbara A. Olsen δμῳαὶ Ὀδυσση̑ος, δὴν οἰχομένοιο ἄνακτος, / ἔρχεσθε πρὸς δώμαθ ̓, ἵν ̓ αἰδοίη βασίλεια: / τῃ̑ δὲ παρ ̓ ἠλάκατα στροφαλίζετε, τέρπετε δ ̓ αὐτὴν / ἥμεναι ἐν μεγάρῳ, ἢ εἴρια πείκετε χερσίν: / αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ τούτοισι φάος πάντεσσι παρέξω. Maid servants of Odysseus, of your long-gone lord, go to the chambers there where the revered queen is; there twist the wool on the di…
Ancient history (2 works) · Ancient Near East History (2 works) · History (2 works) · History (2 works) · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology (1 works) · Archaeology (1 works) · Art (1 works) · Bronze Age (1 works) · Classical Antiquity Studies (1 works) · Classics (1 works)