Description:
This books tells the stories of Iphigeneia and Polyxena in Greek, Etruscan, and Roman art and literature. They are the two sacrificial virgins of the Trojan War, and this book reveals what these mythological maidens can tell us about the lives of historical people in the ancient world.
Review Quotes:
"This refreshing, multi-faceted approach to analyzing visual representations of a most intriguing topic is a powerful argument for using myth, depicted both in art and literature, as a means for understanding how women and men in the classical Mediterranean world saw themselves and each other."
- Keely Elizabeth Heuer, State University of New York at New Paltz