Table of Contents

* Introduction * Myths of African Origins * Ancient Myths of Cultural Dependency * The Myth of the Egyptian Mystery System * The Myth of the Stolen Legacy * Conclusion * Epilogue

About the Author

Mary Lefkowitz is the Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities at Wellesley College. She is the author of many books on ancient Greece and Rome, including Lives of the Greek Poets and Women in Greek Myth, as well as articles for the Wall Street Journal and the New Republic. She is the coeditor of Women's Life in Greece and Rome and Black Athena Revisited.