The Pregnant Male As Myth and Metaphor in Classical Greek
This book traces the image of the pregnant male in Greek literature as it evolves over the course of the classical period. The image as deployed in myth and in metaphor originates as a representation of paternity and,by extension,authorship of ideas,works of art,legislation,and the like. Only later,with its reception in philosophy in the early fourth century,does it also become a way to figure and negotiate the boundary between the sexes. The book considers a number of important moments in the evolu