The Hesiodic Catalogue of Women and Archaic Greece

Authors

Kirk Ormand, Oberlin CollegeFollow

Abstract

This book examines the extant fragments of the Archaic Greek poem known in antiquity as Hesiod's /Catalogue of Women/. Kirk Ormand Shows that the poem should be read intertextually with other hexameter poetry from the eight to the sixth centuries BCE, especially that of Homer, Hesiod and the Cyclic epics. Through literary interaction with these poems, the /Catalogue/ reflects political and social tensions in the Archaic period with regard to the forms of power that were claimed by members of the elite class.

Repository Citation

Ormand, Kirk. The Hesiodic Catalogue of Women and Archaic Greece. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014.

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Publication Date

4-1-2014

Department

Classics

Document Type

Book

Keywords

Greece--Civilization--To 146 B.C., Women in ancient Greece, Greek Mythology, Hesiod, Marriage in ancient Greece

ISBN

9781107035195

Language

English

Format

text