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A review by justjeanettelee
Gender and Immortality: Heroines in Ancient Greek Myth and Cult by Deborah J. Lyons
5.0
This is one of three books for my research thesis that I read all the way through, because it wasn't just its points about Helen that I enjoyed. I loved reading a really feminine based scholarship on Immortality concerning Ancient Greek women.
It didn't read like feminist propaganda for women in Greek religion, which I appreciated immensely.
In fact, the central points of this book are pretty similar to my thesis (The Cult of Helen: Heroine and Goddess; and how these two roles could stand on their own, merge, or be symbiotic).
Beautiful written, well referenced.
An easy 5 stars.
It didn't read like feminist propaganda for women in Greek religion, which I appreciated immensely.
In fact, the central points of this book are pretty similar to my thesis (The Cult of Helen: Heroine and Goddess; and how these two roles could stand on their own, merge, or be symbiotic).
Beautiful written, well referenced.
An easy 5 stars.