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The Missing Thread
A New History of the Ancient World Through the Women Who Shaped It
Taschenbuch von Daisy Dunn
Sprache: Englisch

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In Homer's Odyssey, Penelope famously unpicks the threads of a shroud at night to put off marrying a hapless suitor. In Ovid's Metamorphoses, Philomela weaves the story of her rape into a tapestry after she is deprived of the power of speech. Male writers were generally happy to imagine mythological women turning their daily chores into creative exercises in self-expression. It did not always occur to men that real women might be up to something just as interesting. These women, the missing thread in the tapestry of ancient history, are the focus of this book.

Proceeding from Minoan Crete to Mycenaean Greece, from Lesbos to Asia Minor (modern Turkey), from the Persian Empire of ancient Iran to the royal court of Macedonia, from Dido's Carthage in Africa to Cleopatra's Egypt via Rome and its growing empire, this story covers a stretch of almost 3,000 years of classical history. Written with Daisy Dunn's lively prose and compelling storytelling skills, this is an epic journey through a hidden side of ancient history.
In Homer's Odyssey, Penelope famously unpicks the threads of a shroud at night to put off marrying a hapless suitor. In Ovid's Metamorphoses, Philomela weaves the story of her rape into a tapestry after she is deprived of the power of speech. Male writers were generally happy to imagine mythological women turning their daily chores into creative exercises in self-expression. It did not always occur to men that real women might be up to something just as interesting. These women, the missing thread in the tapestry of ancient history, are the focus of this book.

Proceeding from Minoan Crete to Mycenaean Greece, from Lesbos to Asia Minor (modern Turkey), from the Persian Empire of ancient Iran to the royal court of Macedonia, from Dido's Carthage in Africa to Cleopatra's Egypt via Rome and its growing empire, this story covers a stretch of almost 3,000 years of classical history. Written with Daisy Dunn's lively prose and compelling storytelling skills, this is an epic journey through a hidden side of ancient history.
Über den Autor

Daisy Dunn is an award-winning classicist and author of seven books. Not Far From Brideshead (2022) was selected for Radio 4's Open Book and longlisted for the Runciman Award. In The Shadow of Vesuvius (2019) was an Editor's Choice in the New York Times. Daisy read Classics at Oxford before receiving a Masters from the Courtauld Institute and PhD from UCL. She is also a cultural columnist and editor of ARGO: A Hellenic Review.

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2024
Genre: Geschichte
Jahrhundert: Altertum
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: 480 S.
ISBN-13: 9781474615624
ISBN-10: 1474615627
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Dunn, Daisy
Hersteller: Orion Publishing Group
Weidenfeld and Nicholson
Maße: 231 x 151 x 40 mm
Von/Mit: Daisy Dunn
Erscheinungsdatum: 23.05.2024
Gewicht: 0,624 kg
Artikel-ID: 120337164
Über den Autor

Daisy Dunn is an award-winning classicist and author of seven books. Not Far From Brideshead (2022) was selected for Radio 4's Open Book and longlisted for the Runciman Award. In The Shadow of Vesuvius (2019) was an Editor's Choice in the New York Times. Daisy read Classics at Oxford before receiving a Masters from the Courtauld Institute and PhD from UCL. She is also a cultural columnist and editor of ARGO: A Hellenic Review.

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2024
Genre: Geschichte
Jahrhundert: Altertum
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: 480 S.
ISBN-13: 9781474615624
ISBN-10: 1474615627
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Dunn, Daisy
Hersteller: Orion Publishing Group
Weidenfeld and Nicholson
Maße: 231 x 151 x 40 mm
Von/Mit: Daisy Dunn
Erscheinungsdatum: 23.05.2024
Gewicht: 0,624 kg
Artikel-ID: 120337164
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