Women's life in Greece and Rome : a source book in translation / [compiled by] Mary R. Lefkowitz & Maureen B. Fant.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lefkowitz, Mary R., 1935-

Fant, Maureen B.

Language:

English

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Latin

Subjects (All):

Women--History--To 500--Sources.

Women.

Women--Rome--History--Sources.

Women--Greece--History--Sources.

History.

Greece.

Genre:

Sources.

Physical Description:

xxvii, 420 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2005]

Summary:

This highly acclaimed collection provides a unique look into the public and private lives and legal status of Greek and Roman women of all social classes-from wet nurses, prostitutes, and gladiatrixes to poets, musicians, intellectuals, priestesses, and housewives. The third edition adds new texts to sections throughout the book, vividly describing women's sentiments and circumstances through readings on love, bereavement, and friendship, as well as property rights, breast cancer, female circumcision, and women's roles in ancient religions, including Christianity and pagan cults.

Contents:

Women's voices. Female poets. Sappho ; Corinna ; Praxilla ; Erinna ; Anyte ; Nossis ; Sulpicia ; Claudia Trophime ; Inscribed on the Colossus of Memnon ; Men's words in women's mouths

Men's opinions. Praise ; Invective

Philosophers on the role of women

Legal status in the Greek world. Crete ; Athens ; Amorgos ; Sparta ; Egypt

Legal status in the Roman world. Early Rome ; The Roman jurists ; Roman Egypt

Public life. Women's bravery in legend and history ; Political life ; Women's organisations ; Honorific inscriptions ; Victors

Private life. Correct behaviour ; Education of females ; Intellectual life ; Women and women ; Women and men ; Babies ; Parents and children ; The home ; Celebrations ; Epitaphs

Occupations. Apprenticeship ; Self-employment ; Prostitution ; Women gladiators ; The arts and entertainment ; Skilled labour ; Sales and services ; Other records of women's employment

Medicine and anatomy. Philosophers observe nature ; Writings of practising physicians ; Writings on medical matters by laymen ; Case histories from inscriptions ; Female medical practitioners

Religion. Dionysus/Bacchus ; Hera ; Demeter ; Athena ; Artemis ; Aphrodite ; Asclepius ; Serapis ; Vesta ; Bona Dea ; Witchcraft ; Priestesses ; Christianity ; Late pagan 'saints'.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-366) and indexes.

ISBN:

0801883091

9780801883095

0801883105

9780801883101

OCLC:

61709179

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