Women and nostoi
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9401034 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tanja S Scheer (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Publication date | 2018-10-17 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Returning Hero (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oso/9780198811428.003.0006 |
| OpenAlex | W2897484289 |
| ISBN | 9780198811428 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
This chapter interrogates the literary evidence from the perspective of a social historian, asking and answering the question, ‘why (with a handful of significant exceptions) do women in Greek myths not have nostoi ?’ Part of its explanation is that mythical constructions of male and female characters must not contradict fundamental expectations about the behaviour of the sexes in ‘real’ society
Art · Epistemology · Genealogy · Literature · Mythology · Perspective (graphical · Sociology · Visual arts · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classics · History · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |