| Details | | Publication Date: | 1995-04-01 | | Series: | Wisconsin Studies in Classics Series |
| Size | | Height: | 9.0 in | | Width: | 6.0 in | | Thickness: | 0.5 in | | Weight: | 12.0 oz |
Industry Reviews Demonstrates how heroine cults were present at every organizational level of society in ancient Greece, and how heroines had a secondary status to their male counterparts in the ritual calendars and iconography. Assembles epigraphic evidence; iconographic evidence from votive reliefs and terracottas; and the testimony of Pausanias, Strabo, Plutarch, and other classical scholars to discuss heroines in the heroic family and in husband and wife relationships, independent heroines, and their wrongful death. Paper edition (unseen), $17.95. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or. Reference & Research Book News (05/01/1996)
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