Recent Research Theses on Women in Greek Myth These are presented in order of year. They demonstrate the growing scholarship on women in Greek myth and feminist rewritings. Gilchrist, Katie E. (1997) Penelope: A Study in the Manipulation of Myth ; DPhil thesis, Oxford: University of Oxford https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:bf177f9d-14d2-4764-8806-99fe114078ce/download_file?file_format=application%2Fpdf&safe_filename=602335762.pdf&type_of_work=Thesis This thesis investigates how Penelope appears from unknown origins, acquires a portrayal in Homer's Odyssey that is almost canonical, and then participates in the subsequent interaction of Homeric and other literary allusions throughout later Classical literature. Chapters concentrate especially on fifth-century Greek tragedy, Hellenistic poetry, and Augustan literature. Mythological characters have a variety of functions in literature. They may make direct contributions as fully realised characters, but t...
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