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Women in the Classical World: Image and Paperback - 2003
by Fantham, Elaine
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- Title Women in the Classical World: Image and
- Author Fantham, Elaine
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: first
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 448
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Oxford University Press, USA, NEW YORK
- Date 2003
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # 978019509862U
- ISBN 9780195098624 / 0195098625
- Weight 1.69 lbs (0.77 kg)
- Dimensions 10 x 7 x 0.8 in (25.40 x 17.78 x 2.03 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Library of Congress subjects Women - Greece - History, Women - History - To 500
- Dewey Decimal Code 305.4
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First line
This epigram celebrates the life of an early fourth-century B.C.E. Athenian woman, Mnesarete, who has lived up to the promise of her name, which means "remembering (mnes-) virtue or excellence (arete)."
From the rear cover
The lavishly illustrated and meticulously researched Women in the Classical World lifts the curtain on the women of ancient Greece and Rome, form slaves and prostitutes, to Athenian housewives, to 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 ornaments, historical and cultural context of their time. Written by leading experts in the fields of ancient history and art history, women's studies, and Greek and Roman literature, it it an indispensable addition t any course in ancient history, classics, Greek and Roman art history, or women's studies.