Intimate Greece. Zeus's Infidelities, Abductions of Women and Fearless Amazons

What did the ancient Greeks really think about love, marriage, corporeality, and women's freedom? Is it true that Zeus cheated on Hera an endless number of times? Were the Amazons real warriors — and could they have lived on the territory of modern Russia? Why was it dangerous for Persephone to eat a pomegranate without witnesses? And why did Athena punish Medusa?
"Intimate Greece" is an exploration of how desires, fears, and taboos turned into norms, while mythology solidified notions of who a woman could be — a goddess, a wife, a hetaera, or an outcast. The book reveals the intimate side of Hellas as a mirror of society: its morals, hierarchies, and hidden conflicts.
Maria Aboronova, an art journalist and researcher of ancient mythology, carefully brings back into focus those heroines that have long remained unnoticed. This book is an attempt to hear the "invisible" women of antiquity and look at myths from a new perspective.
Particular attention is paid to how sexuality intertwined with social roles, gender stereotypes, and power relationships that existed in ancient society.