| The original 1986 edition of Lefkowitz's influential work challenged assumptions about the female characters in Greek mythology by focusing on the words of ancient authors rather than modern literary and anthropological theories (which saw the Amazons, for example, as the last remnant of a matriarchal society). This second edition includes revisions to the original material and six new chapters which respond to reviewers' comments and cover such topics as seduction, rape and women's roles in religious rites. |
