Women and Weasels - Mythologies of Birth in Ancient Greece and Rome

The connection between women and weasels is an ancient and favorable one, based in the Greek myth of a midwife who tricked the gods to ease Heracles' birth - and was turned into a weasel by Hera as punishment. With various symbolic associations between weasels and women, the author brings to life one of the most enduring myths of Western culture.

About the author

Maurizio Bettini is professor of classical philology at the Universita degli Studi di Siena, Italy, and a regular visiting professor in the Department of Classics at the University of California, Berkeley. He lives in Siena, Italy. Emlyn Eisenach is an independent scholar and translator and the author of "Husbands, Wives, and Concubines: Marriage, Family, and Social Order in Sixteenth-Century Verona." She lives in Chicago, IL.

Summary

The connection between women and weasels is an ancient and favorable one, based in the Greek myth of a midwife who tricked the gods to ease Heracles' birth - and was turned into a weasel by Hera as punishment. With various symbolic associations between weasels and women, the author brings to life one of the most enduring myths of Western culture.

Product details

• Authors: Maurizio Bettini, Bettini Maurizio
• Assisted by: Emlyn Eisenach (Translation), Emyln Eisenach (Translation)
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.08.2013
• EAN: 9780226044743
• ISBN: 978-0-226-04474-3
• No. of pages: 384
• Series: Emersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, Ancient Greece, RELIGION / Ancient, RELIGION / Sexuality & Gender Studies, Ancient Rome, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Ancient religions & mythologies, Ancient religions and Mythologies