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Postcolonial amazons : female masculinity and courage in ancient Greek and Sanskrit literature

Scholars have long been divided over whether the Amazons of Greek legend actually existed. 'Postcolonial Amazons' offers a ground-breaking re-evaluation of the place of martial women in antiquity, bridging the gap between myth and reality by expanding our conception of the Amazon archetype...

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Main Author:	Penrose, Walter Duvall Jr. (Author, VerfasserIn)
Document Type:	Online Resource Book
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford : Oxford University Press , 2016
Edition:	First edition
Online Access:	http://proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/han/oup-ebooks-altertum/dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199533374.001.0001
Author Notes:	Walter Duvall Penrose
E-Book Packages:	Oxford Scholarship Online: Classical Studies Collection

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