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- catalog abstract ""Through a series of critical interpretations of Athenian myths, Nicole Loraux explores the meaning of democracy in its first form, which excluded from its benefits women, slaves, and foreigners. Arguing that these stories have much to tell us about the present and the human condition, her book makes important claims about the role of the past in our understanding of the present."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Né de la terre. English".
- catalog contributor b11820788.
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description ""Through a series of critical interpretations of Athenian myths, Nicole Loraux explores the meaning of democracy in its first form, which excluded from its benefits women, slaves, and foreigners. Arguing that these stories have much to tell us about the present and the human condition, her book makes important claims about the role of the past in our understanding of the present."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Foreword / Gregory Nagy -- 1. At last, born mortal -- 2. The benefits of autochthony -- 3. The politics of myth in Athens -- 4. An Arcadian in Athens -- 5. Glory of the same, prestige of the other -- 6. Inquiry into the historical construction of a murder -- 7. Why Greek mothers supposedly imitate the earth -- 8. From Plato to Bachofen and beyond -- 9. Ancient motifs, modern constructions : earth, woman -- 10. The return of the excluded -- 11. Democracy put to the test of the stranger (Athens, Paris).".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "ix, 175 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "080143419X (hardcover)".
- catalog identifier "080148443X (pbk.)".
- catalog isPartOf "Myth and poetics".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng fre".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Ithaca : Cornell University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Greece Athens.".
- catalog subject "292.1/3 21".
- catalog subject "Citizenship Greece Athens.".
- catalog subject "JC75.C5 L6713 2000".
- catalog subject "Sex role Greece Athens.".
- catalog subject "Women Greece Athens.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Foreword / Gregory Nagy -- 1. At last, born mortal -- 2. The benefits of autochthony -- 3. The politics of myth in Athens -- 4. An Arcadian in Athens -- 5. Glory of the same, prestige of the other -- 6. Inquiry into the historical construction of a murder -- 7. Why Greek mothers supposedly imitate the earth -- 8. From Plato to Bachofen and beyond -- 9. Ancient motifs, modern constructions : earth, woman -- 10. The return of the excluded -- 11. Democracy put to the test of the stranger (Athens, Paris).".
- catalog title "Born of the earth : myth and politics in Athens / Nicole Loraux ; translated from the French by Selina Stewart.".
- catalog title "Né de la terre. English".
- catalog type "text".