Belted Heroes and Bound Women: The Myth of the Homeric Warrior King (Greek Studies-Interdisciplinary Approaches)

Product description Review . . . a boldly original work, employing meticulous archaeology and philology as it explores warrior-belts and their representation in Homeric poetry . . . an exciting vision of the interplay between text and object in early Greece. -- Richard P. Martin, Stanford UniversityNot since Alice mistook Humpty Dumpty''s cravat for a belt has there been a discussion of waistbands as imaginative as this. It goes on to construct a set of extraordinary theories about the meaning of their decoration and the symbolism of belt-wearing in early Greece.. . . tightly written and lucidly presented . . . -- Joanne Milani, The Tampa Tribune About the Author Michael J. Bennett is Senior Curator of Classical Art at the Tampa Museum of Art and Associate Professor of Art History at Eckerd College.