From the publisher’s description:
Inspired by anthropological writing on reciprocity and kinship, this book applies the idea of gendered wealth to ancient Greek myth for the first time, and also highlights the importance of the sister-brother bond in the Classical world.
Lyons, Deborah (NHC Fellow, 1997–98). Dangerous Gifts: Gender and Exchange in Ancient Greece. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2012. ISBN 9780292729674.