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Women in the Classical World: Image and Text

Women in the Classical World: Image and Text Paperback - 1995

by Shapiro

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  • Title Women in the Classical World: Image and Text
  • Author Shapiro
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: first
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 448
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, USA, NEW YORK
  • Date 1995-03-30
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # GOR004133924
  • 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)
  • 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.

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About the author

Elaine Fantham is Giger Professor of Latin at Princeton University. Helene Peet Foley is Olin Professor of Classics at Barnard College. Natalie Boymel Kampen is Professor of Women's Studies and Art History at Barnard College. Sarah B. Pomeroy is Professor of History at Columbia University. H. Alan Shapiro is Professor of Classics at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand.