Women in Ancient Greece: A Sourcebook
Professor Bonnie Maclachlan
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Paperback. A collection of source material on women in the ancient Greek world including literary, rhetorical, philosophical and legal sources, and papyri and inscriptions. Beginning in the eighth century BCE, it covers archaic and Classical Athens, Etruscan Italy and the Roman Republic, concluding with the late Roman Empire and the advent of Christianity. Series: Continuum Sources in Ancient History. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA1; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 159 x 235 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408. A Sourcebook. Series: Continuum Sources in Ancient History. 336 pages. A collection of source material on women in the ancient Greek world including literary, rhetorical, philosophical and legal sources, and papyri and inscriptions. Beginning in the eighth century BCE, it covers archaic and Classical Athens, Etruscan Italy and the Roman Republic, concluding with the late Roman Empire and the advent of Christianity. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA1; JFSJ1. Dimension: 159 x 235 x 15. Weight: 432.
This is an unrivalled collection of source material on women in the ancient Greek world including literary, rhetorical, philosophical and legal sources, and papyri and inscriptions. The study of women in the ancient Mediterranean world is a topic of growing interest among classicists and ancient historians, and also students of history, sociology and women's studies. This volume is an essential resource supplying a compilation of source material in translation, with contextual commentaries, a glossary of key terms and an annotated bibliography. Texts come from literary, rhetorical, philosophical and legal sources, as well as papyri and inscriptions, and each text will ... Read more
This is an unrivalled collection of source material on women in the ancient Greek world including literary, rhetorical, philosophical and legal sources, and papyri and inscriptions. The study of women in the ancient Mediterranean world is a topic of growing interest among classicists and ancient historians, and also students of history, sociology and women's studies. This volume is an essential resource supplying a compilation of source material in translation, with contextual commentaries, a glossary of key terms and an annotated bibliography. Texts come from literary, rhetorical, philosophical and legal sources, as well as papyri and inscriptions, and each text will ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Continuum Publishing Corporation
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Series
Continuum Sources in Ancient History
Condition
New
Weight
413g
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781441179630
SKU
V9781441179630
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About Professor Bonnie Maclachlan
Bonnie MacLachlan is Professor of Classical Studies at the University of Western Ontario. Her published volumes include The Age of Grace: Charis in Early Greek Poetry (1993) and Virginity Revisited: The Autonomy of the Unpossessed Body, co-edited with Judith Fletcher (2007).
Reviews for Women in Ancient Greece: A Sourcebook
The author provides a stylishly written and academically concise overview of the topic… including much needed information on how one should approach such a broad range of source material on the lives of ancient Greek women … MacLachlan’s translations work well and are reader-friendly. … The selection of materials is also admirable.
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