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This highly acclaimed collection, the first sourcebook on ancient women and now in its fourth edition, provides a unique look into the public and private lives and legal status of Greek and Roman women. The texts represent women of all social classes, from public figures remembered for their deeds (or misdeeds), to priestesses, poets, and intellectuals, to working women, such as musicians, wet nurses, and prostitutes, to homemakers. The editors have selected texts from hard-to-find sources, such as inscriptions, papyri, and medical treatises, many of which have not previously been translated into English. The resulting compilation is both an invaluable aid to research and a clear guide through this complex subject. The brand new design of the fourth edition integrates the third edition's appendix and adds many new and unusual texts and images, as well as such student-friendly features as a map and chapter overviews. Many notes and explanations have been revised with the non-classicist in mind. Its readings cover women's legal status, domestic conditions, health issues, and relations with other people. The emphasis throughout is not so much on what ancient writers thought about women, as on what women actually did, both within the home and outside it, from their intellectual achievements, benefactions, and religious roles, to humble jobs and acts of physical and moral courage.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic & Professional
ISBN-10
1472578473
ISBN-13
9781472578471
eBay Product ID (ePID)
215236022

Product Key Features

Author
Maureen B. Fant, Mary R. Lefkowitz
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Ancient / Rome, Ancient / Greece, Women's Studies
Publication Year
2016
Type
Textbook
Genre
History, Social Science
Number of Pages
496 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9.2in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
6.3in
Item Weight
28.9 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Hq1136
Edition Number
4
Reviews
"This admirable source book will be widely used." -- Times Educational Supplement "The modern reader can enter the ancient world through this text." -- London Review of Books "The choice of materials is excellent... Although the book is designed for classroom use, it provides an excellent introduction to the field as a whole." -- CHOICE "Without doubt this book should be favorable received by students and scholars alike. Copious anecdotes, funerary inscriptions, legal and philosophical tracts serve to illuminate fully the position of women in Classical antiquity... Women's Life in Greece and Rome accomplishes with erudition, grace, and humor its aim." -- The History Teacher "In its third incarnation, Women's Life in Greece and Rome should remain a staple reference work for undergraduates and scholars alike." -- Bryn Mawr Classical Review "This text will continue to be of significant value to students and scholars alike who wish to research women in the ancient world." -- Religious Studies Review "This commendable and successful work continues to generate plenty of discussion both in and out of the classroom and has clearly been a force behind the application of new methodologies in the area of women in antiquity." -- Mouseion, This text will continue to be of significant value to students and scholars alike who wish to research women in the ancient world., This commendable and successful work continues to generate plenty of discussion both in and out of the classroom and has clearly been a force behind the application of new methodologies in the area of women in antiquity., The choice of materials is excellent... Although the book is designed for classroom use, it provides an excellent introduction to the field as a whole., In its third incarnation, Women's Life in Greece and Rome should remain a staple reference work for undergraduates and scholars alike., Without doubt this book should be favorable received by students and scholars alike. Copious anecdotes, funerary inscriptions, legal and philosophical tracts serve to illuminate fully the position of women in Classical antiquity... Women's Life in Greece and Rome accomplishes with erudition, grace, and humor its aim.
Publication Name
Women's Life in Greece and Rome : a Source Book in Translation
Table of Content
PREFACE TO THE FOURTH EDITIONAcknowledgmentsWOMEN'S VOICESFemale poets/Men's words in women's mouthsI.MEN'S OPINIONSPraise/InvectiveII.PHILOSOPHERS ON THE ROLE OF WOMENIII.LEGAL STATUS IN THE GREEK WORLDCrete/Athens/Amorgos/Sparta/Thera/Smyrna/EgyptIV.LEGAL STATUS IN THE ROMAN WORLDEarly Rome/The Roman jurists/Roman EgyptV.PUBLIC LIFEWomen's bravery in legend and history/Political life/Women's organizations/Inscriptions Honouring Benefactresses and PhilanthropistVictorsVI.PRIVATE LIFECorrect behavior/Education of females/Intellectual life/Women and women/Women and men/Babies/Parents and children/The home/Celebrations/EpitaphsVII.OCCUPATIONSApprenticeship/Self-employment and entrepreneurship/Prostitution/Women gladiators/The arts and entertainment/Skilled labour/Sales and services/Agriculture/Other records of women's employmentVIII.MEDICINE AND ANATOMYPhilosophers observe nature/Writings of practising physicians/Writings on medical matters by laymen/Case histories from epitaphs/Female medical practitionersIX.RELIGIONDionysus,Bacchus/Hera/Demeter,Ceres/Athena/Artemis/Aphrodite/Asclepius/Serapis/Vesta/Bona Dea/Isis/Witchcraft/Priestesses/Christianity/Late Pagan 'Saints'ABBREVIATIONSBIBLIOGRAPHYCONCORDANCE OF SOURCESINDEX
Copyright Date
2016
Target Audience
College Audience
Lccn
2016-016449
Dewey Decimal
305.40938
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes

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