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Women in the Classical World : Image and Text by Elaine Fantham; Helene Peet Foley; Natalie Boymel Kampen; Sarah B. Pomeroy; H. A. Shapiro is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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Information about women is scattered throughout the fragmented mosaic of ancient history: the vivid poetry of Sappho survived antiquity on remnants of damaged papyrus; the inscription on a beautiful fourth century B.C.E. grave praises the virtues of Mnesarete, an Athenian woman who died young; a great number of Roman wives were found guilty of poisoning their husbands, but was it accidental food poisoning, or disease, or something more sinister. Apart from the legends of Cleopatra, Dido and Lucretia, and images of graceful maidens dancing on urns, the evidence about the lives of women of the classical world--visual, archaeological, and written--has remained uncollected and uninterpreted. Now, the lavishly illustrated and meticulously researched Women in the Classical World lifts the curtain on the women of ancient Greece and Rome, exploring the lives of slaves and prostitutes, Athenian housewives, and Rome's imperial family. The first book on classical women to give equal weight to written texts and artistic representations, it brings together a great wealth of materials--poetry, vase painting, legislation, medical treatises, architecture, religious and funerary art, women's orname

Who reads Women in the Classical World : Image and Text?

Author

Elaine Fantham; Helene Peet Foley; Natalie Boymel Kampen; Sarah B. Pomeroy; H. A. Shapiro

Publisher

Oxford University Press, Incorporated

Published

1994

Language

EN

ISBN

9786613130266

Category

history

Subjects

Science, Gender Studies, Fiction

Rating

3.79 / 5 (94 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14