EAN: 9783631607572

HER ART GEBUNDEN

This is the first publication that narrates the significant contributions of Greek women in the
various genres of the arts in a historical perspective from antiquity to contemporary Greece.
It discusses Greek women in the disciplines of music  the visual arts  poetry and literature 
film and theatre  and history. The historical roles of Greek women in music are examined
including the first woman composer with preserved music that is a Byzantine-Greek. Readers will
discover that it was a Greek woman philosopher who influenced the formation of Socrates'
thinking and that the Iliad and Odyssey were actually written by a Hellenic woman but were
later appropriated by Homer. Classic and contemporary Greek female writers are in the
foreground as well as the modern art music and popular music by Greek women composers. The
roles of Greek women in drama are examined and the significant works of contemporary Greek
women artists are recognized.

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