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GODDESSES, WHORES, WIVES, AND SLAVES Women in Classical Antiquity
by Pomeroy, Sarah B
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0805205306
- ISBN 13
- 9780805205305
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Schocken Books Inc. Good with no dust jacket. 1975. Softcover. 0805205306 . Underlining in ink and some highlighting to some pages. Spine creased . Scholar's name to ffep (Jenifer Neils). ; What did women do in ancient Greece and Rome? Did Socrates' wife Xanthippe ever hear his dialogues on beauty and truth? How many many women actually read the histories of Herodotus and Thucydides? When pagan goddesses were as powerful as gods, why was the status of women generally so low? Why, in traditional histories, is half the population effectively invisible? This unique and important book spans a period of 1500 years - from the fall of Troy to the death of Constantine. It examines all the available evidence - literary and archaeological - and reconstructs the lives of women from all classes of society. ; 280 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Ancient World Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 33494
- Title
- GODDESSES, WHORES, WIVES, AND SLAVES Women in Classical Antiquity
- Author
- Pomeroy, Sarah B
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0805205306
- ISBN 13
- 9780805205305
- Publisher
- Schocken Books Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1975
- Keywords
- 0805205306, Women's Studies, Classical Greek & Roman
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