Spartan women / Sarah B. Pomeroy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pomeroy, Sarah B., author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Greece--Sparta (Extinct city).

Women.

Sparta (Extinct city)--Social conditions.

Sparta (Extinct city).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (217 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Sarah Pomeroy seeks to reconstruct the lives and the world of Sparta's women -- including how their legal status changed over time and how they held on to their surprising autonomy.

Contents:

CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; ABBREVIATIONS; 1 EDUCATION; 2 BECOMING A WIFE; 3 THE CREATION OF MOTHERS; 4 ELITE WOMEN; 5 THE LOWER CLASSES; 6 WOMEN AND RELIGION; CONCLUSION: GENDER AND ETHNICITY; APPENDIX: SOURCES FOR THE HISTORY OF SPARTAN WOMEN; WORKS CITED; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Z

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2002.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-183) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-770520-0

0-19-988099-9

1-280-83313-0

0-19-803000-2

OCLC:

476012287