ISBN:
9780520273405
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (956 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version Shameless : The Canine and the Feminine in Ancient Greece
DDC:
880.93522
Keywords:
Dogs -- Mythology -- Greece
;
Dogs in literature
;
Women -- History -- To 500
;
Women (Greek law)
;
Dogs in art
;
Greece -- Social conditions
;
Dogs ; Mythology ; Greece
;
Dogs in art
;
Dogs in literature
;
Greece ; Social conditions
;
Women ; History ; To 500
;
Women (Greek law)
;
Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
The figure of the dog is a paradox. As in so many cultures, past and present, the dog in ancient Greece was seen as the animal closest to humans, even as it elicited from them the most negative representations. Still a loaded term today, the word bitch not only signified shamelessness and a lack of self-control, but was also exclusively figured as female. Woman and dogs in the Greek imagination were intimately intertwined, and in this careful, engaging analysis, Cristiana Franco explores the ancients' complex relationship with both. By analyzing the relationship between humans and dogs as depi
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Imprint; Subvention; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface to the Present Edition; Prologue; 1. Offensive Epithets; 2. The Dog in Greece; 3. Food for Dogs; 4. Sad Fates, Low Morals, and Heinous Behaviors; 5. Return to Pandora; Conclusion; Appendix: Reflections on Theory and Method in Studying Animals in the Ancient World; Abbreviations; Notes; References; Index
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