Beschreibung:
"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.
1. Goddesses and Gods2. Women in the Bronze Age and Homeric Epic3. The Dark Age and the Archaic Period4. Women and the City of Athens5. Private Life in Classical Athens6. Images of Women in the Literature of Classical Athens7. Hellenistic Women8. The Roman Matron of the Late Republic and Early Empire9. Women of the Roman Lower Classes10. The Role of Women in the Religion of the RomansEpilogue: The Elusive Women of Classical Antiquity