Athena

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ISBN: 9780415300667 | 0415300665
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Copyright: 4/25/2008

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Susan Deacy provides a survey of one of the most enduringly popular of ancient deities.Athenahas received much scholarly attention in recent years but often with the focus only on certain aspects of the goddess. Athena is a much-needed, comprehensive assessment of the various representation and approaches. It introduces Athena's myth, cult and reception, while directing the reader to detailed discussion wherever appropriate. The book will be suitable for students, for the general reader with an interest in the ancient world and for those from related disciplines such as Literature, At History and Religion.

Series foreword	p. xi
Acknowledgements	p. xv
List of illustrations	p. xvii
Why Athena?	p. 1
Introducing Athena	p. 3
Who was Athena?	p. 3
Confronting diversity	p. 5
Athena and her attributes	p. 7
The scope of this book	p. 8
Note on spelling and translations	p. 14
Key Themes	p. 15
The Birth of Athena	p. 17
Introduction: hardly a headache	p. 17
Antecedents	p. 19
Capturing the moment	p. 21
Cosmic terror: the Homeric Hymn to Athena	p. 25
The succession myth and the defeat of the mother	p. 28
Overview	p. 32
Tracing Athena's Origins	p. 33
Introduction: do origins matter?	p. 33
Athena, matriarchy and the goddess movement	p. 34
Bachofen and 'mother-right'	p. 37
'Snake' and 'shield goddess'	p. 38
Criticising the matriarchy myth	p. 39
Warrior goddesses of the ancient world: ancestresses of Athena?	p. 41
Overview	p. 43
From Origins to Functions: Athena in the Pantheon	p. 45
Introduction: confronting the pantheon	p. 45
The 'new way': the functionalist paradigm	p. 46
Athena and Poseidon: the horse and the sea	p. 47
Athena and Hephaistos: skilled craft	p. 50
Athena and Ares: war	p. 54
Overview: a key to Athena?	p. 58
Heroes, Heroines and the Trojan War	p. 59
Introduction: helping friends, harming enemies	p. 59
Heroes on quests	p. 61
Odysseus and Herakles	p. 62
'The Zeus-born Trojan girl'	p. 68
Mythic females: helping men, harming women	p. 71
Overview	p. 72
Athena in Athens: Patron, Symbol and 'Mother'	p. 74
Introduction	p. 74
Athena, Zeus and social cohesion	p. 76
Poseidon and the contest for the land	p. 79
Athena's 'children': the story of the birth of Erichthonios	p. 80
Overview	p. 90
Early Athenian History	p. 92
Introduction	p. 92
The 'Mistress of At(h)ana' and the Mycenaean palace	p. 94
The synoecism	p. 97
566 and all that: the sixth century	p. 98
The Persian invasion	p. 102
Overview	p. 104
All About Athena? The Classical Akropolis	p. 105
Introduction	p. 105
After the wars	p. 106
Unity and imperialism	p. 108
Prettifying the city: the Parthenon	p. 110
Overview	p. 120
The Wider Greek World	p. 122
Introduction	p. 122
Moving beyond Athens	p. 123
Sparta: the bronze house and the bells	p. 127
Argos: 'clear-sighted Athena'	p. 128
Arcadia: a fertility goddess?	p. 130
Delphi and elsewhere: the conception and protection of children	p. 132
Assimilations: Anat and Minerva	p. 134
Overview: a multiplicity of Athenas?	p. 137
Athena Afterwards	p. 139
From Being to Image: The Rise of Christianity and the Postclassical World	p. 141
Introduction: moving beyond antiquity	p. 141
From pagan abomination to ethical symbol	p. 142
Allegory and symbolism	p. 145
Literary Athenas	p. 149
Feminism and gender theory	p. 153
Overview	p. 156
Further reading	p. 157
Works cited	p. 162
Index	p. 171
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