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<i>Selected by Choice as a 2012 Outstanding Academic Title</i><br /> <i>Awarded a 2012 PROSE Honorable Mention as a Single Volume Reference/Humanities & Social Sciences</i> <p><i>A Companion to Women in the Ancient World</i> presents an interdisciplinary, methodologically-based collection of newly-commissioned essays from prominent scholars on the study of women in the ancient world.</p> <ul> <li>The first interdisciplinary, methodologically-based collection of readings to address the study of women in the ancient world</li> <li>Explores a broad range of topics relating to women in antiquity, including: Mother-Goddess Theory; Women in Homer, Pre-Roman Italy, the Near East; Women and the Family, the State, and Religion; Dress and Adornment; Female Patronage; Hellenistic Queens; Imperial Women; Women in Late Antiquity; Early Women Saints; and many more</li> <li>Thematically arranged to emphasize the importance of historical themes of continuity, development, and innovation</li> <li>Reconsiders much of the well-known evidence and preconceived notions relating to women in antiquity</li> <li>Includes contributions from many of the most prominent scholars associate

Who reads A Companion to Women in the Ancient World?

Author

James, Sharon L(Editor);Dillon, Sheila(Editor)

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd)

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9781283435697

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Literary Criticism, History, Sociology