Asia unmanned

Images of victory in classical Athens

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ID9311533
AuthorsEdith Hall (0000-0002-8438-6814, corresponding author)
Year2020
Pages108-133
Publication date2020-10-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.4324/9781003070764-6
OpenAlexW4240547622
ISBN9781003070764
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited1

This chapter looks more closely at the assimilation of the male-female polarity to that of Greek over barbarian; in particular, at the metaphorical means by which Athenian thought conceptualized its victory over the Persians as an analogue of the male domination of women. The Greeks’ use of the possession of women, and of victory over them, as metaphors for the defeat of Asia is typical of the way in which the male-female polarity informs and shapes the representation and interpretation of experience in patriarchal societies. A striking image expressing Greek victory over Persia in terms of the sexual domination of one male over another is provided by a red-figured oinochoe probably celebrating Kimon’s victory at the river Eurymedon in the early 460s. In the Stoa Poikile the victory at Marathon was portrayed alongside the victories of Theseus and Herakles over the Amazons and Trojans

Computer vision · Geography · Political science · Politics · Victory · Artificial Intelligence · Classical Antiquity Studies · Computer Science · Law

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