Dangerous gifts : gender and exchange in ancient Greece /

Deianeira sends her husband Herakles a poisoned robe. Eriphyle trades the life of her husband Amphiaraos for a golden necklace. Atreus's wife Aerope gives away the token of his sovereignty, a lamb with a golden fleece, to his brother Thyestes, who has seduced her. Gifts and exchanges always inv...

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Main Author:	Lyons, Deborah J.
Format:	Government Document Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Austin : University of Texas Press, ©2012.
Subjects:	Gifts > Greece > History. Ceremonial exchange > Greece > History. Barter > Greece > History. Sex role > Greece. Gender roles. Role behavior. Greece > Social life and customs.
Online Access:	Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:	9780292735545 0292735545
Local Note:	ProQuest Ebook Central