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"By far the most common mode of engagement [in sexual politics of classical myth] has been to rewrite stories from classical myth from the women's point of view. In Elaine Feinstein's poem The Feast of Eurydice (1981) [sic], it is Eurydice who has the authoritative voice, not Orpheus, and her reflections upon what is to be a figure in her husband's poetry reverse the typical dynamic wherein it is the man who has the knowledge and power to articulate the truths of myths." (H. Morales, Classical Mythology , 95.)
OGCMA slides are designed by Roger T. Macfarlane for use in Classical Civilization 241 courses at Brigham Young University.The Oxford Guide to Classical Mythology in the Arts, 1300 - 1990's , edited by J. Davidson Reid (Oxford 1994), and it is used with express permission from Oxford University press.macfarlane@byu.edu .
OrpheusEurydice1.0454_Feinstein