Author: Hirvonen, Kaarle
Title: Matriarchal Survivals and Certain Trends in Homer's Female Characters
Description: Helsinki, Suomalaisen Tiedeakatemia, 1968. orig. wrappers. 223 pp,, 24x16cm, Cover bears only series title: Suomalaisen Tiedeakatemian Toimituksia, Sarja B, Nid. 152.. Minor rubbing, VG. ¶ Contents: Introduction; Survivals of Matriarchalism: Homeric References to Parentage; The Power of the Mother; Matrilinearity; Catalogues of Women; Remnants & Tendencies in Passages on Goddesses: Olympic Goddesses; Lesser Goddesses & Nymphs; Matriarchalism & the Principal Heroes; Wives: Certain Features of Ancient Marriage; The Importance of Wives Generally in the Epics; Position of Wives in the Eastern Mediterranean; Position of Wives in Troy; Principal Female Personalities: Helen; Penelope; Clytemnestra; Lesser Female Personalities: Young Girls; Women as Booty of War; Slave Women; General Attitudes of the Epics towards Women; Summary.

Keywords: Classical Philology, Homer, Homeric Epics, Ancient Greece, Greek Literature, Matriarchal, Sociology, Matriarchy, Matrilinearity