 | Mary R. Lefkowitz, Maureen B. Fant - History - 1992 - 426 pages
...from Greece. 23 As for the sacred rituals for the Fates and the Nameless Goddesses [ie the Furies], all these would not be holy if performed by men, but...is it then, that women must have a bad reputation? Won't men's worthless criticism stop, and men who insist on blaming all women alike, if one woman turns... | |
 | Jenifer Neils - Art - 1996 - 268 pages
...inquirers from Greece. As for the sacred rituals for the Fates and the Nameless goddesses [ie the Furies], all these would not be holy if performed by men, but...women's hands. In this way women have a rightful share (dike) in the service of the gods. (Fr. 13.5-17 Greek Literary Papyri = fr. 499 Nauck, lines 5-17)... | |
 | Euripides - Drama - 1997 - 284 pages
...616-68), 17 one of her strategies was to list the Panhellenic cults which women administered (fr. 499). Men's criticism of women is worthless twanging of...gods. Why is it, then, that women must have a bad reputation?18 EURIPIDES AND RELIGION Melanippe's words are a fitting introduction to the category of... | |
 | P. E. Easterling - Drama - 1997 - 414 pages
...inquirers from Greece. As for the sacred rituals for the Fates and the nameless Ones [ie the Erinyes], all these would not be holy if performed by men, but...is it, then, that women must have a bad reputation? The speeches of Medea, Procne, and Melanippe were spoken by expert (male) actors in a poetic language... | |
 | Euripides - Electra (Greek mythology) - 1998 - 276 pages
...616-68), l7 one of her strategies was to list the Panhellenic cults which women administered (fr. 499). Men's criticism of women is worthless twanging of...gods. Why is it. then, that women must have a bad reputation?18 EURIPIDES AND RELIGION Melanippe's words are a fitting introduction to the category of... | |
 | Euripides - Drama - 2000 - 238 pages
...than men, as I will show . . . Consider their role in religion, for that, in my opinion, comes firsL We women play the most important part, because women...is it, then, that women must have a bad reputation? 30 Translation taken from MR Leflicwitz and MR Fant, Women's Life in Greece and Rome: <{ Source Rook... | |
 | Euripides, James Morwood - Drama - 2001 - 294 pages
...rhetoric; one of her strategies was to list the pan-Hellenic cults which women administered (fr. 499):2' Men's criticism of women is worthless twanging of...is it, then, that women must have a bad reputation? EURIPIDES AND RELIGION Melanippe's words are a fitting introduction to the category ofdrama23 Trans,... | |
 | Euripides - Drama - 2003 - 228 pages
...rituals for the Fates and the Nameless Ones, none of these would be holy if performed by men. but they prosper in women's hands. In this way women have a...is it. then, that women must have a bad reputation? EURIPIDES AND RELIGION Melanippe's words are a fitting introduction to the category of dramatis personae... | |
 | Barbara Goff - Religion - 2004 - 417 pages
...All these [rituals] would not be holy if performed by men, but in women's hands, everything prospers. In this way women have a rightful share in the service of the gods. Women's superiority, on this account, derives from their roles in the domestic context and in the ritual.... | |
 | Mary R. Lefkowitz - History - 2007 - 284 pages
...inquirers from Greece. As for the sacred rituals for the Fates and the Nameless goddesses [ie, the Furies], all these would not be holy if performed by men, but...women's hands. In this way women have a rightful share (dike) in the service of the gods. (Fr. 494. 9-22 TGrF = WLGR3 34) Melanippe can claim that religion... | |
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Consider their role in religion, for that, in my opinion, comes first. We women play the most important part, because women prophesy the will of Zeus in the oracles of Phoebus. And at the holy site of Dodona near the sacred oak, females convey the will... 