Women and society in Greek and Roman Egypt : a sourcebook / edited by Jane Rowlandson, with the collaboration of Roger Bagnall ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rowlandson, Jane.

Bagnall, Roger S.

William Alexander Lamberton Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Egypt--History.

Women.

Civilization.

History.

Egypt.

Women--Egypt--History--Sources.

Egypt--History--Greco-Roman period, 332 B.C.-638 A.D.

Egypt--History--Greco-Roman period, 332 B.C.-640 A.D--Sources.

Egypt--Civilization--332 B.C.-640 A.D.

Physical Description:

xviii, 406 pages : illustrations, maps, plans, portrait, facsimiles ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998.

Summary:

This book makes available to students and other nonspecialists a varied collection of over three hundred translated texts and more than fifty illustrations relating to women's lives in Greek and Roman Egypt. These are accompanied by an introductory chapter and full explanatory notes. It makes accessible to all those interested in social history, and in particular the lives of women, an extraordinarily rich body of material from the ancient world.

Contents:

2 Greek and Roman Egypt: historical background 3

3 The nature of the source material 18

2 Royalty and religion

I Ptolemaic Queens (1-15) 25

II Roman Imperial women (16-20) 41

III Goddesses (21-26) 46

IV Priestesses (27-36) 55

V Religion and the Individual (37-48) 62

VI Christianity (49-68) 70

3 Family matters

I Perspectives on the family (69-75) 87

II Archives

A. The archive of Zenon, Philadelphia (76-77) 95

B. The Serapeum archive, Memphis (78-83) 98

C. The archive of Dryton and Apollonia alias Senmonthis, Pathyris (84-87) 105

D. The archive of Tryphon, Oxyrhynchos (88-91) 112

E. The archive of Apollonios the strategos and Aline (92-99) 118

F. The archive of Kronion, farmer of Tebtynis, and his family (100-103) 125

G. The archive of Taesion/Taesis (104-105) 133

H. The archive of Gaius Julius Niger (106-107) 139

J. The archive of Satornila and her sons (108-110) 143

K. The archive of Paniskos and Ploutogenia, Philadelphia (111-115) 147

L. The archive of Flavius Dioskoros, Aphrodite (116-117) 151

4 Status and law

I The Egyptian background (118-121) 156

II Greek and Egyptian in a colonial society (122-130) 162

III Roman transformations (131-144) 174

IV Freedom and responsibility in developed Roman society (145-156) 195

V Continuity and change in the Coptic texts (157-161) 212

5 Economic activities

I Women and agricultural land (162-181) 218

II Women in the non-agricultural economy (182-217) 245

6 Being female

I Birth, infancy and childhood (218-235) 282

II Education (236-246) 299

III Marriage and married life (247-263) 312

IV Sickness, death and burial (264-279) 335

V Weaklings or viragos? The ambiguities of womanhood (280-289) 354.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 382-397) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the William Alexander Lamberton Fund.

ISBN:

0521582121

0521588154

OCLC:

37721234