Envy, poison, and death : women on trial in ancient Athens / Esther Eidinow. [electronic resource]

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Eidinow, Esther, 1970- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Law, Greek.
• Courts--Greece--Athens--History--To 1500.
• Female offenders--Greece--Athens--History--To 1500.
• Women--Religious life--Greece--Athens--History--To 1500.
• Ritual--Greece--Athens--History--To 1500.
• Athens (Greece)--Politics and government--To 1500.
• Athens (Greece)--Civilization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume explores three trials conducted in Athens in the fourth century BCE; the defendants were all women charged with undertaking ritual activities, but much of the evidence remains a mystery. The author reveals how these trials provide a vivid glimpse of the socio-political environment of Athens during this time.

Notes:

• Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on January 26, 2016).

ISBN:

0-19-174730-0