xiii, 265 pages, 3 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm
Contents
Goddesses and gods -- Women in the Bronze Age and Homeric epic -- The Dark Age and the Archaic Period -- Women and the city of Athens -- Private life in classical Athens -- Images of women in the literature of classical Athens -- Hellenistic women -- The Roman matron of the late republic and early empire -- Women of the Roman lower classes -- The role of women in the religion of the Romans
Summary
Examines women's public and private lives, roles, activities, and influences and their social, economic, legal, political, and literary status in the ancient Greek and Roman worlds, from the late Bronze Age to the death of Constantine
Analysis
Geschichte 800 v. Chr.-500
Greece - Social conditions - To 146 B.C
Rome - Social conditions
Women - History - To 500
Notes
Includes index
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-259) and index
