Women in Antiquity: New Assessments
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Women in Antiquity: New Assessments

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Women in Antiquity: New Assessments

About this book

The study of gender in classical antiquity has undergone rapid and wide-ranging development in the past. 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 detailed interpretations of topics which have been widely discussed since the 1960s whilst others highlight recent areas of research. This study reflects and expands on existing scholarly debates on the status and representation of women in the ancient world, focusing on methodology, and suggesting areas for future research and improvement.

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Publisher
Routledge
Year
2002
Print ISBN
9780415113694
eBook ISBN
9781134828906
Topic
Storia
Subtopic
Storia antica

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Plates
  5. Figures
  6. Tables
  7. Journal abbreviations
  8. Preface
  9. Notes on contributors
  10. Chapter 1: From ‘daily life’ to ‘demography’
  11. Chapter 2: Ideology and ‘the status of women’ in ancient Greece
  12. Chapter 3: Approaching women through myth: Vital tool or self-delusion?
  13. Chapter 4: Signifying difference: the myth of Pandora*
  14. Chapter 5: The cults of Demeter and Kore
  15. Chapter 6: Women’s ritual and men’s work in ancient Athens1
  16. Chapter 7: Women’s identity and the family in the classical polis
  17. Chapter 8: Some Pythagorean female virtues*
  18. Chapter 9: Self-help, self-knowledge: in search of the patient in Hippocratic gynaecology
  19. Chapter 10: Women who suffer from a man’s disease The example of satyriasis and the debate on affections specific to the sexes
  20. Chapter 11: Re-reading (Vestal) virginity*
  21. Chapter 12: Male power and legitimacy through women: the domus Augusta under the Julio-Claudians
  22. Chapter 13: Women and elections in Pompeii
  23. Chapter 14: A woman’s voice?—Laronia’s role in Juvenal Satire 2
  24. Chapter 15: Aemilia Pudentilla: or the wealthy widow’s choice
  25. Chapter 16: Female sanctity in the Greek calendar: the Synaxarion of Constantinople
  26. Select bibliography

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