Dangerous Gifts: Gender and Exchange in Ancient Greece by Deborah Lyons

Dangerous Gifts: Gender and Exchange in Ancient Greece

Deborah Lyons

166 pages missing pub info (editions)

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

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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...

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