Dangerous Gifts: Gender and Exchange in Ancient Greece

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DANGEROUS GIFTS Lyons-final.indb i Lyons-final.indb i 1/31/12 3:19:21 PM 1/31/12 3:19:21 PM THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK DEBOR AH LYONS university of tex as press Austin DANGEROUS GIFTS GENDER and EXCHANGE in ANCIENT GREECE Lyons-final.indb iii Lyons-final.indb iii 1/31/12 3:19:22 PM 1/31/12 3:19:22 PM This book was supported in part by Alice Lynch in honor of Joanna Hitchcock, former director of the University of Texas Press. Copyright © 2012 by the University of Texas Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America First edition, 2012 Requests for permission to reproduce material from this work should be sent to: Permissions University of Texas Press P.O. Box 7819 Austin, TX 78713-7819 www.utexas.edu/utpress/about/bpermission.html ○ ∞ The paper used in this book meets the minimum requirements of ansi/niso z39.48-1992 (r1997) (Permanence of Paper). LIBR ARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA Lyons, Deborah J. Dangerous gifts : gender and exchange in ancient Greece / by Deborah Lyons. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-0-292-72967-4 (cloth : alk. paper) — isbn978-0-292-73554-5 (e-book) 1. Gifts—Greece—History. 2. Ceremonial exchange—Greece— History. 3. Barter—Greece—History. 4. Sex role—Greece. 5. Greece—Social life and customs. I. Title. gt3041.g8l96 2012 394—dc23 2011038884 Lyons-final.indb iv Lyons-final.indb iv 1/31/12 3:19:23 PM 1/31/12 3:19:23 PM Dedicated to my brothers, Benjamin Lyons and Jonathan Lyons, and to the memory of my father, Will Lyons Lyons-final.indb v Lyons-final.indb v 1/31/12 3:19:24 PM 1/31/12 3:19:24 PM THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK ...