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Spartan Women by Sarah B. Pomeroy; Dintinguished Professor of Classics Sarah B Pomeroy is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Spartan Women about?

Sparta, which existed from 800 B.C. until A.D. 200, was renowned in the ancient world as a stoic and martial city-state, and most of what we know about Sparta concerns its military history and male-dominated social structure. Yet Spartan women were in many ways among the most liberated of the ancient world, receiving formal instruction in poetry, music, dance, and physical education. And the most famous of mythic Greek women, Helen of Troy, was originally a Spartan. Written by one of the leading authorities on women in antiquity, Spartan Women seeks to reconstruct the lives and the world of Sparta's women, including how their legal status changed over time and how they held on to their surprising autonomy. In this book, Sarah Pomeroy covers over a thousand years in the lives of Sparta's women from both the ?lite and lower classes. This is the first book-length examination of Spartan women, and Pomeroy comprehensively analyzes ancient texts and archaeological evidence to construct the history of these elusive though much noticed women. Spartan Women is an authoritative and fresh account that will appeal to all readers interested in ancient history and women's studies.

Who reads Spartan Women?

Author

Sarah B. Pomeroy; Dintinguished Professor of Classics Sarah B Pomeroy

Publisher

IRL Press at Oxford University Press

Published

2002

Language

EN

ISBN

9780198030003

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Sociology, Gender Studies

Rating

3.92 / 5 (61 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14