Women in Antiquity: New Assessments

by Richard Hawley (Editor), Barbara Levick (Editor)

Overview

The study of gender in classical antiquity has undergone rapid and wide-ranging development in the past. The contributors reassess the role of women in diverse contexts and areas, such as archaic and classical Greek literature and cult, Roman imperial politics, ancient medicine and early Christianity. Some offer detailed interpretations of topics which have been widely discussed since the 1960s whilst others highlight recent areas of research. This study reflects and expands on existing scholarly debates on the status and representation of women in the ancient world, focusing on methodology, and suggesting areas for future research and improvement.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134828906
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/01/2002
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	296
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Richard Hawley is a Lecturer in Classics at Royal Holloway College, University of London. Barbara Levick is a Fellow of St Hilda’s College, Oxford.

Table of Contents

1 From ‘daily life’ to ‘demography’ 2 Ideology and ‘the status of women’ in ancient Greece 3 Approaching women through myth: vital tool or self-delusion? 4 Signifying difference: the myth of Pandora 5 The cults of Demeter and Kore 6 Women’s ritual and men’s work in ancient Athens 7 Women’s identity and the family in the classical polis 8 Some Pythagorean female virtues 9 Self-help, self-knowledge: in search of the patient in Hippocratic gynaecology 10 Women who suffer from a man’s disease: the example of satyriasis and the debate on affections specific to the sexes 11 Re-reading (Vestal) virginity 12 Male power and legitimacy through women: the domus Augusta under the Julio-Claudians 13 Women and elections in Pompeii 14 A woman’s voice—Laronia’s role in Juvenal Satire 2 15 Aemilia Pudentilla: or the wealthy widow’s choice 16 Female sanctity in the Greek calendar: the Synaxarion of Constantinople

Editorial Reviews

'... the strength of this book lies in two main areas: that it does raise some new issues and provoke thought and criticism, and that it is a good teaching tool.' – Classics Ireland

'Through collections like these, the study of women in antiquity has achieved a high degree of academic respectability, and as a mark of that maturity a number of contributions look back self-critically on the genre itself, re-examining the assumptions inherent in the study of ancient women.' – Times Literary Supplement

'This is a valuable collection of papers, for several areas of current research into the social history of the Greco-Roman world.' – The Classical Review

'...these essays form a most useful and convenient collection' – Greece and Rome

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