Goddesses, Whores, Wives, and Slaves

by POMEROY, SARAH

• ISBN13: 9780805210309
• ISBN10: 080521030X
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-01-17
• Publisher: Schocken

Summary

"The first general treatment of women in the ancient world to reflect the critical insights of modern feminism. Though much debated, its position as the basic textbook on women's history in Greece and Rome has hardly been challenged."--Mary Beard, Times Literary Supplement. Illustrations.

Author Biography

SARAH B. POMEROY is an American ancient historian, author, translator, and former professor of classics. She is best known for her work on women's history in classical antiquity, and has written over ten books.

Table of Contents

Chronological Table	vi	(3)
Preface	ix	(5)
Introduction	xiv
I. Goddesses and Gods	1	(15)
II. Women in the Bronze Age and Homeric Epic	16	(16)
III. The Dark Age and the Archaic Period	32	(25)
IV. Women and the City of Athens	57	(22)
V. Private Life in Classical Athens	79	(14)
VI. Images of Women in the Literature of Classical Athens	93	(27)
VII. Hellenistic Women	120	(29)
VIII. The Roman Matron of the Late Republic and Early Empire	149	(41)
IX. Women of the Roman Lower Classes	190	(15)
X. The Role of Women in the Religion of the Romans	205	(22)
Epilogue: The Elusive Women of Classical Antiquity	227	(4)
Notes	231	(20)
Works Referred To	251	(9)
Supplemental Bibliography	260	(2)
Index	262
Illustrations follow p. 148