The Transformation of Hera: A Study of Ritual, Hero, and the Goddess in the Iliad (Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches) - Hardcover

O'Brien, Joan V.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0847678075 ISBN 13: 9780847678075

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, 1993

Synopsis

Did the goddess Hera achieve fame because she slept in the arms of great Zeus? In this book, Joan V. O'Brien explodes this verdict. Starting from the etymological link between Hera's name and the Greek words for 'hero' and 'the season,' O'Brien provides an archeological, historical, and literary reassessment of the goddess as a religious, cultural, and political construct.

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About the Author

Joan V. O'Brien is Professor of Classics at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. She is the author of In the Beginning: Creation Myths from Ancient Mesopotamia, Israel, and Greece (Scholars Press, 1982).

Edition details

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0847678075
• ISBN 13: 9780847678075
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 240