{"product_id":"monstrous-women-elisabeth-brooke-9781801521864","title":"Monstrous Women: Reimagining the Female Monster in Greek Mythology","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA beautifully crafted book shedding new light on female monsters and goddesses from Greek mythology\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhy does Greek mythology matter in the modern age? The Greek Gods and their accompanying mythology have coloured European and Western thought for millennia. Myths are never neutral; they are teaching tools. And Greek myth has a great deal to say about women. Although childbearing women ensured the survival of a culture, in the classical world women's unbridled sexuality was seen as dangerous and subversive. Women represented a double bind: they were both totally necessary and a threat to civilization. Olympian male gods absorbed and appropriated the powers of older Goddesses and wrote the myths that claim them as their own. The common Medusa myth demonstrates how badly things go wrong when women misbehave. But there is another story...\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMonstrous Women\u003c\/em\u003e re-examines the 'mad, bad, and dangerous to know' women of Greek mythology. It reconsiders the mythology of the Sirens and the Furies, who punished wicked and vain men; it explores the female undead who tormented the living; and investigates the great goddesses Hekate and Eris, who epitomised the destructive power of female rage and vengeance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMonstrous Women \u003c\/em\u003eis a refreshing and poignant exploration of Greek mythology, reframing these myths in light of new research, new translations of old texts, and current classical studies theories, in a clear and accessible way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elisabeth Brooke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1801521867\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781801521864\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Aeon Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/25\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.49d","brand":"Elisabeth Brooke","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48437076787455,"sku":"9781801521864","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a5a5ba6f-20bb-47b1-bedd-b92617011cc8.jpg?v=1777159702","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/monstrous-women-elisabeth-brooke-9781801521864","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}