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Penelope's Bones : A New History of Homer's World Through the Women Written Out of It by Emily Hauser (2025, Hardcover)

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"Penelope's Bones: A New History of Homer's World Through the Women Written Out of It" by Emily Hauser is a groundbreaking textbook that offers a fresh perspective on ancient Greece through the eyes of its most written-out characters: women. Published by the University of Chicago Press, this hardcover book delves into the subjects of literary criticism, language arts, and history, providing a comprehensive look at the world of Homer's epic tales. With 496 pages filled with insights and analysis, this publication is sure to be a key resource for students and scholars interested in ancient Greece and the role of women in its society.

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PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press

ISBN-100226839680

ISBN-139780226839684

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Number of Pages496 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NamePenelope's Bones : a New History of Homer's World Through the Women Written Out of It

SubjectSubjects & Themes / Women, Ancient / Greece, Ancient & Classical, Linguistics / General

Publication Year2025

TypeTextbook

AuthorEmily Hauser

Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Language Arts & Disciplines, History

FormatHardcover

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Item Height1.5 in

Item Weight30.2 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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ReviewsIf you are interested in the ancient world, I truly cannot recommend Penelope's Bones highly enough. Just breathtaking--you HAVE to read it., A riveting narrative of the female figures of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey . . . A close study of the epic poems, a meditation on the lives of women then and now, an engaging history of scholarship, and an overview of the archaeology of the Bronze Age Aegean and beyond. Written with a novelist's flair, Penelope's Bones , with its linked chapters, makes for a surprising page-turner., A timely reminder of how much has been left out of traditional myth and storytelling. Hauser deftly plumbs the depths of Greek myth to re-center the lives of mythical women., The rare book that will not only deepen your understanding of Homer, but open your mind to an entirely new, richer way of reading ancient epic., From the shadowy recesses of myth and epic poetry, step forth a host of women who once lived. A stirring, enlightening and fascinating exploration of the real lives of women written with expert knowledge, wit, and poetic flair. A true pleasure for the reader to lose themselves in., A brilliant riposte to a millennia-old dilemma. Fascinating, enthralling, and insightful-- Penelope's Bones helps to recolor the world of epic for us for good!, From the shadowy recesses of myth and epic poetry, step forth a host of women who once lived. A stirring, enlightening and fascinating exploration of the real lives of women written with expert knowledge, wit and poetic flair. A true pleasure for the reader to lose themselves in., A bold and intellectually-thrilling book, blending history and science, rigorous scholarship, and dazzling feats of imagination., Scholarly and witty, curious and lyrical, Penelope's Bones offers a dazzling new way of thinking about the ancient world. Blending archaeology, literary criticism and historical detective work, Hauser shows us how to read against the grain of Homer's epic poems to uncover the female experience of life in the Bronze Age. Penelope's Bones is a wonderful, beautifully written and important book., Vividly brings the women of the Bronze Age to life, with a winning combination of sparkling, energetic writing and meticulous research into the archaeology of the time., A dazzling and compassionate achievement that throws brilliant light on the world of Homer. Impressively researched and beautifully written, this book is full of astonishing revelations., Like the song of the Sirens, Penelope's Bones tugs powerfully at its readers, an echoing summons from beyond the horizon. Hauser merges flawless aesthetic intuition about the Homeric epics with a superb command of scientific approaches to Bronze Age history from linguistics, genetics, cell biology, biophysics, and elsewhere., A masterpiece. Bringing together her stellar expertise and exquisitely artful prose style, her brilliant interpretation of these tales is destined to enthrall the expert and the general reader alike. Hauser shows us Homer in a new light: in a world inhabited by women uneclipsed by men., A brilliant riposte to a millennia-old dilemma. Fascinating, enthralling and insightful--and helps to recolor the world of epic for us for good!, Someone once wrote that the world of Homer is immortal precisely because it never existed, except in the poetic imagination--a thought that award-winning classicist and novelist Hauser exploits and explores brilliantly in her eighteen character-sketches of ancient females both divine and human., A book the world has been waiting for. Reveals the brilliant foundation for the reality of the myths that make all of us . . . I loved it.

Table Of ContentTimeline Maps Author's Note Introduction Muse: A New Invocation Iliad : Women in War 1. Helen: The Face 2. Briseis: Slave 3. Chryseis: Daughter 4. Hecuba: Queen 5. Andromache: Wife 6. Cassandra: Prophet 7. Aphrodite and Hera: Seducer and Matriarch 8. Thetis: Mother 9. Penthesilea: Warrior Odyssey : Women at Home and Away 10. Athena: Shapeshifter 11. Calypso: Weaver 12. Nausicaa: Bride 13. Arete: Host 14. Circe: Witch 15. Eurycleia: Handmaid 16. Penelope: The End Coda Aegea : A New History List of Characters and Glossary Notes Bibliography Acknowledgements Chapter-Opening Illustrations Picture Acknowledgements Text Acknowledgements Index

SynopsisWeaving together literary and archaeological evidence, Emily Hauser illuminates the rich, intriguing lives of the real women behind Homer's Iliad and Odyssey . Achilles. Agamemnon. Odysseus. Hector. The lives of these and many other men in the greatest epics of ancient Greece have been pored over endlessly in the past three millennia. But these are not just tales about heroic men. There are scores of women as well--complex, fascinating women whose stories have gone unexplored for far too long. In Penelope's Bones , award-winning classicist and historian Emily Hauser pieces together compelling evidence from archaeological excavations and scientific discoveries to unearth the richly textured lives of women in Bronze Age Greece--the era of Homer's heroes. Here, for the first time, we come to understand the everyday lives and experiences of the real women who stand behind the legends of Helen, Briseis, Cassandra, Aphrodite, Circe, Athena, Hera, Calypso, Penelope, and more. In this captivating journey through Homer's world, Hauser explains era-defining discoveries, such as the excavation of Troy and the decipherment of Linear B tablets that reveal thousands of captive women and their children; more recent finds like the tomb of the Griffin Warrior at Pylos, whose tomb contents challenge traditional gender attributes; DNA evidence showing that groups of warriors buried near the Black Sea with their weapons and steeds were, in fact, Amazon-like female fighters; a prehistoric dye workshop on Crete that casts fresh light on "women's work" of dyeing, spinning, and weaving textiles; and a superbly preserved shipwreck off the coast of Turkey whose contents tell of the economic and diplomatic networks crisscrossing the Bronze Age Mediterranean. Essential reading for fans of Madeline Miller or Natalie Haynes, this riveting new history brings to life the women of the Bronze Age Aegean as never before, offering a groundbreaking reassessment of the ancient world.

LC Classification NumberPA4037.H385 2025