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Zusatztext "This refreshing! multi-faceted approach to analyzing visual representations of a most intriguing topic is a powerful argument for using myth! depicted both in art and literature! as a means for understanding how women and men in the classical Mediterranean world saw themselves and each other." - Keely Elizabeth Heuer! State University of New York at New Paltz Informationen zum Autor Anthony F. Mangieri is Associate Professor of Art History and Coordinator of the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program at Salve Regina University in Newport, Rhode Island, USA. He holds a Ph.D. in Greek and Roman art from Emory University. Mangieri has lectured widely and published articles on Greek art. Zusammenfassung This books tells the stories of Iphigeneia and Polyxena in Greek, Etruscan, and Roman art and literature. They are the two sacrificial virgins of the Trojan War, and this book reveals what these mythological maidens can tell us about the lives of historical people in the ancient world. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of Contents Acknowledgements List of Figures List of Abbreviations Chapter 1: Introduction: Virgin Sacrifice in Classical Art and Society Just a Man’s World? The Patriarchal, Monolithic Male Gaze The Public and Private ‘Lives’ of Iphigeneia and Polyxena Organization of the Study Chapter 2: What Makes a Virgin Sacrifice? Towards a Definition of Virgin Sacrifice Killing a Woman: Terminology and Relation to Animal Sacrifice Traditions of Human Sacrifice in the Near East Jephthah’s Daughter: Virgin Sacrifice in the Bible Chapter 3: The Sacrifice of Iphigeneia Iphigeneia in Greek Art Iphigeneia in Etruscan Art Iphigeneia in Roman Art Chapter 4: The Sacrifice of Polyxena Polyxena in Greek Art Polyxena in Etruscan Art Polyxena in Roman Art Chapter 5: War and Womanhood: Virgin Sacrifice and the Trojan War The Sacrificial Virgins and Helen of Troy The Brygos Painter’s Louvre Iliupersis Cup Iconographic Ambiguity: Who is Represented? Between Sisters: Kassandra and Polyxena The Sacrificial Virgin in Iliupersis Tableaux Polyxena and Troilos The Heroines Pyxis in London: The Art of Pairing Women The Trojan War on Italian Soil: Resonances in the Roman World Virgin Bodies: Framing The Trojan War Beyond the Trojan War: The Defiant Antigone Mythological Women, Representation, and Womanhood Chapter 6: The Sacrificial Virgins and Female Agency Consent, Resistance, and the Measure of a Maiden Agency and Context in Etruscan and Roman Art Polyxena the Aristocrat: Agency, War, and Tripods Victims and Rebels: Recovering Ancient Women’s Resistance Chapter 7: Conclusion: The Princess and the Knife The "Afterlives" of Iphigeneia and Polyxena: Their Legacy After the Sacrifice and Further Questions Conclusion Bibliography Catalogue of Representations of Iphigeneia and Polyxena in Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Art General Index ...
