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Women in antiquity : new assessments
Title
Women in antiquity : new assessments / edited by Richard Hawley and Barbara Levick.
ISBN
0203428552
0415113687
0415113695
0585453233
1134828861
113482890X
1134828918
6610320551
9780203428559
9780415113687
9780415113694
9780585453231
9781134828869
9781134828906
9781134828913
9786610320554
0203428552f
0415113687
0415113695
Published
London ; New York : Routledge, 1995.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xix, 271 pages) : illustrations
Local Notes
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Summary
The study of gender in classical antiquity has undergone rapid and wide-ranging development in the past two decades. This collection of new assessments has been written by some of the most influential experts in this field from all over the world. The contributors reassess the role of women in diverse contexts and areas, such as archaic and classical Greek literature and cult, Roman imperial politics, ancient medicine and early Christianity. Some offer original interpretations of topics which have been widely discussed over the last twenty years; others highlight new areas of research. Women in Antiquity: New Assessments reflects and expands on existing scholarly debates on the status and representation of women in the ancient world. It focuses on methodology, and suggests areas for research and improvement. It is invaluable and engaging reading for all students and teachers of ancient history.
Variant and related titles
Taylor & Francis. EBA 2024-2025.
Other formats
Print version: Women in antiquity. London ; New York : Routledge, 1995
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 07, 2024
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-264) and index.
Contents
From 'daily life' to 'demography' / Beryl Rawson
Ideology and 'the status of women' in ancient Greece / Marilyn A. Katz
Approaching women through myth : vital tool or self-delusion? / Ken Dowden
Signifying difference : the myth of Pandora / Froma I. Zeitlin
The cults of Demeter and Kore / Lucia Nixon
Women's ritual and men's work in ancient Athens / Lin Foxholl
Women's identity and the family in the classical polis / Sarah B. Pomeroy
Some Pythagorean female virtues / Voula Lambropoulou
Self-help, self-knowledge : in search of the patient in Hippocratic gynaecology / Helen King
Women who suffer from a man's disease : the example of satyriasis and the debate on affections specific to the sexes / Danielle Gourevitch
Re-reading (Vestal) virginity / Mary Beard
Male power and legitimacy through women : the domus Augusta under the Julio-Claudians / Mireille Corbier
Women and elections in Pompeii / Lisa Savunen
A women's voice
Laronia's role in Juvenal Satire 2 / S.H. Braund
Aemilia Pudentilla : or the wealthy widow's choice / Elaine Fattham
Female sancity in the Greek calendar : the Synaxarion of Constaninople / Anna Wilson.
Subjects
Subjects (Medical)
Gynecology - history
Historiography
Women - history
Genre/Form
Electronic books.
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