Women in ancient Greece and Rome
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Women in ancient Greece and Rome
(Cambridge educational)
Cambridge University Press, 1988
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Description
This thorough and provocative account is an ideal resource book for students following courses in classical studies and classical civilisation.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Part I. Greece: 1. The status of women
- 2. Daughters
- 3. Wives
- 4. Mothers
- 5. Nurses
- 6. Slaves
- 7. Public life
- 8. Employment
- 9. Entertainment
- 10. Religion
- 11. Women in Sparta
- 12. Image and reality
- 13. Homer
- 14. Drama
- 15. Vase painting
- Part II. Rome: 16. Introduction
- 17. Daughters
- 18. Wives
- 19. Mothers
- 20. Lovers, prostitutes and concubines
- 21. Imperial wives, mothers and daughters
- 22. Religion
- 23. Mystery religions and foreign cults
- 24. Exploitation
- 25. Image and reality
- 26. Plautus
- 27. Catullus
- 28. Virgil
- 29. Women in art.
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