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Marriage, Identity, and the Tale of Mestra in the Hesiodic Catalogue of Women

Ormand, Kirk·2004·American Journal of Philology
DOI 10.1353/ajp.2004.0030
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Fragment 43a of the Hesiodic Catalogue of Women tells the lively tale of Mestra, a female shape-shifter who supports her father through serial marriages. I argue that this narrative demonstrates a typical mythic pattern, in which female shape-shifting is both a method of avoiding marriage and emblematic of an unmarried woman's unstable social position. I argue further that this version of Mestra's story in particular represents an attempt to mediate a question that was becoming increasingly important in sixth-century Athens, namely: to which household does a bride belong, her father's or her husband's?

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Authors
Ormand, K.
Affiliations
Oberlin College (US)
Corresponding author
Ormand, Kirk
ORCID
Ormand, Kirk
Venue
American Journal of Philology
Publisher
Project MUSE
Published
2004-09
Volume
125
Issue
3
Pages
303-338
ISSN
  • 0002-9475 (ISSN-L)
  • 1086-3168
DOI
10.1353/ajp.2004.0030
OpenAlex
W2152110135
Cited by
33
References
36
Citations by year
2026: 9 · 2024: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 1
FWCI
46.94
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • The American Journal of Philology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Classics › Classical Antiquity Studies
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Literature and Literary Theory › Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › Classical Studies and Philology
Keywords
Hesiod, Catalogue of Women, marriage, identity, unmarried women, social status, Greek mythology
MeSH terms
Female, Gender Identity, Humans, Marriage, Mythology, Poetry as Topic, Women, Greek World, History, Ancient

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Ormand, K. (2004). Marriage, Identity, and the Tale of Mestra in the Hesiodic Catalogue of Women. American Journal of Philology. https://doi.org/10.1353/ajp.2004.0030