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    Earth's Daughters: Stories of Women in Classical Mythology
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    Earth's Daughters: Stories of Women in Classical Mythology

    By Betty Lies

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    A "Who's Who" of women in classical mythology! The stories in this collection will not only satisfy the mythology lover and feminine scholar but make an outstanding curriculum supplement for humanities or literatures courses in elementary and high school. They are especially appropriate for courses emphasizing a returning emphasis on classical literature.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherChicago Review Press
    Release dateSep 6, 2016
    ISBN9781682750971
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