Breaking Feminist Waves: Sexuality, Religion, and the Nature of Divinity

Nye, Andrea

Few women's voices have survived from the antiquity period, but evidence shows that, especially in the area of religion, women were influential in Greek culture. Drawing on Socrates' Symposium , Nye advances this notion by not only exploring the original religious meaning of Diotima's teaching but also how that meaning has been lost throughout time.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2015-08-06

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781137516015

DOI: 10.1057/9781137514042

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 243