A Companion to Women in the Ancient World

Selected by Choice as a 2012 Outstanding Academic Title Awarded a 2012 PROSE Honorable Mention as a Single Volume Reference/Humanities & Social Sciences A Companion to Women in the Ancient World presents an interdisciplinary, methodologically-based collection of newly-commissioned essays from prominent scholars on the study of women in the ancient world. The first interdisciplinary, methodologically-based collection of readings to address the study of women in the ancient world Explores a broad range of topics relating to women in antiquity, including: Mother-Goddess Theory; Women in Homer, Pre-Roman Italy, the Near East; Women and the Family, the State, and Religion; Dress and Adornment; Female Patronage; Hellenistic Queens; Imperial Women; Women in Late Antiquity; Early Women Saints; and many more Thematically arranged to emphasize the importance of historical themes of continuity, development, and innovation Reconsiders much of the well-known evidence and preconceived notions relating to women in antiquity Includes contributions from many of the most prominent scholars associated with the study of women in antiquity A Companion To Women In The Ancient World Presents An Interdisciplinary, Methodologically-based Collection Of Newly-commissioned Essays From Prominent Scholars On The Study Of Women In The Ancient World.-- Pt. I. Women Outside Athens And Rome. Case Study I: The Mother Goddess In Prehistory: Debates And Perspectives / Lauren Talalay -- Women In Ancient Mesopotamia / Amy R. Gansell -- Hidden Voices: Unveiling Women In Ancient Egypt / Kasia Szpakowska -- Looking For Minoan And Mycenaean Women: Paths Of Feminist Scholarship Towards The Aegean Bronze Age / Marianna Nikolaïdou -- Women In Homer / Cristiana Franco -- Etruscan Women: Towards A Reappraisal / Vedia Izzet -- Pt. Ii. The Archaic And Classical Periods. Case Study Ii: Sex And The Single Girl: The Cologne Fragment Of Archilochus / Sharon L. James -- Women, City, State: Theories, Ideologies, And Concepts In The Archaic And Classical Periods / Madeleine M. Henry And Sharon L. James -- Women And Law / Barbara Levick -- Women And Medicine / Holt Parker -- Reading The Bones: Interpreting The Skeletal Evidence For Women's Lives In Ancient Greece / Maria A. Liston -- Approaches To Reading Attic Vases / Kathryn Topper -- Spartan Girls And The Athenian Gaze / Jenifer Neils -- Interpreting Women In Archaic And Classical Greek Sculpture / A. A. Donohue -- Dress And Adornment In Archaic And Classical Greece / Mireille M. Lee -- Women And Religion In Greece / Eva Stehle -- Women And Roman Religion / Lora L. Holland -- Women In Magna Graecia / Gillian Shepherd -- Pt. Iii. Women In A Cosmopolitan World: The Hellenistic And Late Republic Periods. Case Study Iii: Hellenistic Tanagra Figurines / Sheila Dillon -- Case Study Iv: Domestic Female Slaves In Roman Comedy / Sharon L. James -- Female Patronage In The Greek Hellenistic And Roman Republican Periods / Anne Bielman -- Women On Hellenistic Grave Stelai: Reading Images And Texts / Christina A. Salowey -- Female Portraiture In The Hellenistic Period / Sheila Dillon -- Women And Family In Menander / Cheryl A. Cox -- Gender And Space, Public And Private / Monika Trümper -- Oikos Keeping: Women And Monarchy In The Macedonian Tradition / Elizabeth D. Carney -- The Women Of Ptolemaic Egypt: The View From Papyrology / Maryline Parca -- Jewish Women: Texts And Contexts / Laura S. Lieber -- Women, Education, And Philosophy / Marguerite Deslauriers -- Perceptions Of Women's Power In The Late Republic: Terentia, Fulvia, And The Generation Of 63 Bce / T. Corey Brennan -- Pt. Iv. The Beginnings Of Empire. Case Study V: Vergil's Dido / Sharon L. James -- Women In Augustan Rome / Judith P. Hallett -- Women In Augustan Literature / Alison Keith -- Women On The Bay Of Naples / Eve D'ambra -- Early Imperial Female Portraiture / Elizabeth Bartman -- Portraits, Prestige, Piety: Images Of Women In Roman Egypt / Christina Riggs -- Pt. V. From Empire To Christianity. Case Study Vi: Female Portraiture In Palmyra / Maura K. Heyn -- Women In Imperial Roman Literature / Rhiannon Ash -- Female Portraiture And Female Patronage In The High Imperial Period / Rachel Meyers -- Women In Roman Britain / Lindsay Allason-jones -- Public Roles For Women In The Cities Of The Latin West / Emily A. Hemelrijk -- Rari Exempli Femina: Female Virtues On Roman Funerary Inscriptions / Werner Riess -- Women In Late Antique Egypt / Jennifer Sheridan Moss -- Representations Of Women In Late Antiquity And Early Byzantium / Ioli Kalavrezou -- Becoming Christian / Ross S. Kraemer -- Appendix: Women In Late Antiquity (apart From Egypt): A Bibliography. Edited By Sharon L. James And Sheila Dillon. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. A COMPANION TO WOMEN IN THE ANCIENT WORLD......Page 1 Contents......Page 7 List of Illustrations......Page 11 Notes on Contributors......Page 18 Preface and Acknowledgments......Page 24 Abbreviations......Page 25 Maps......Page 28 Introduction......Page 36 PART I: Women Outside Athens and Rome......Page 40 Case Study I: The Mother Goddess in Prehistory: Debates and Perspectives......Page 42 1 Women in Ancient Mesopotamia......Page 46 2 Hidden Voices: Unveiling Women in Ancient Egypt......Page 60 3 Looking for Minoan and Mycenaean Women: Paths of Feminist Scholarship Towards the Aegean Bronze Age......Page 73 4 Women in Homer......Page 89 5 Etruscan Women: Towards a Reappraisal......Page 101 PART II: The Archaic and Classical Periods......Page 114 Case Study II: Sex and the Single Girl: The Cologne Fragment of Archilochus......Page 116 6 Woman, City, State: Theories, Ideologies, and Concepts in the Archaic and Classical Periods......Page 119 7 Women and Law......Page 131 8 Women and Medicine......Page 142 9 Reading the Bones: Interpreting the Skeletal Evidence for Women’s Lives in Ancient Greece......Page 160 10 Approaches to Reading Attic Vases......Page 176 11 Spartan Girls and the Athenian Gaze......Page 188 12 Interpreting Women in Archaic and Classical Greek Sculpture......Page 202 13 Dress and Adornment in Archaic and Classical Greece......Page 214 14 Women and Religion in Greece......Page 226 15 Women and Roman Religion......Page 239 16 Women in Magna Graecia......Page 250 PART III: Women in a Cosmopolitan World: The Hellenistic and Late Republican Periods......Page 264 Case Study III: Hellenistic Tanagra Figurines......Page 266 Case Study IV: Domestic Female Slaves in Roman Comedy......Page 270 17 Female Patronage in the Greek Hellenistic and Roman Republican Periods......Page 273 18 Women on Hellenistic Grave Stelai: Reading Images and Texts......Page 284 19 Female Portraiture in the Hellenistic Period......Page 298 20 Women and Family in Menander......Page 313 21 Gender and Space, “Public” and “Private”......Page 323 22 Oikos Keeping: Women and Monarchy in the Macedonian Tradition......Page 339 23 The Women of Ptolemaic Egypt: The View from Papyrology......Page 351 24 Jewish Women: Texts and Contexts......Page 364 25 Women, Education, and Philosophy......Page 378 26 Perceptions of Women’s Power in the Late Republic: Terentia, Fulvia, and the Generation of 63 BCE......Page 389 PART IV: The Beginnings of Empire......Page 402 Case Study V: Vergil’s Dido......Page 404 27 Women in Augustan Rome......Page 407 28 Women in Augustan Literature......Page 420 29 Women on the Bay of Naples......Page 435 30 Early Imperial Female Portraiture......Page 449 31 Portraits, Prestige, Piety: Images of Women in Roman Egypt......Page 458 PART V: From Empire to Christianity......Page 472 Case Study VI: Female Portraiture in Palmyra......Page 474 32 Women in Imperial Roman Literature......Page 477 33 Female Portraiture and Female Patronage in the High Imperial Period......Page 488 34 Women in Roman Britain......Page 502 35 Public Roles for Women in the Cities of the Latin West......Page 513 36 Rari exempli femina: Female Virtues on Roman Funerary Inscriptions......Page 526 37 Women in Late Antique Egypt......Page 537 38 Representations of Women in Late Antiquity and Early Byzantium......Page 548 39 Becoming Christian......Page 559 Appendix: Women in Late Antiquity (Apart from Egypt): A Bibliography......Page 574 References......Page 580 Index of Women......Page 640 Subject Index......Page 646

Selected by Choice as a 2012 Outstanding Academic Title
Awarded a 2012 PROSE Honorable Mention as a Single Volume Reference/Humanities & Social Sciences

A Companion to Women in the Ancient World presents an interdisciplinary, methodologically-based collection of newly-commissioned essays from prominent scholars on the study of women in the ancient world.

• The first interdisciplinary, methodologically-based collection of readings to address the study of women in the ancient world
• Explores a broad range of topics relating to women in antiquity, including: Mother-Goddess Theory; Women in Homer, Pre-Roman Italy, the Near East; Women and the Family, the State, and Religion; Dress and Adornment; Female Patronage; Hellenistic Queens; Imperial Women; Women in Late Antiquity; Early Women Saints; and many more
• Thematically arranged to emphasize the importance of historical themes of continuity, development, and innovation
• Reconsiders much of the well-known evidence and preconceived notions relating to women in antiquity
• Includes contributions from many of the most prominent scholars associated with the study of women in antiquity

__Selected by Choice as a 2012 Outstanding Academic Title____Awarded a 2012 PROSE Honorable Mention as a Single Volume Reference/Humanities & Social Sciences__presents an interdisciplinary, methodologically-based collection of newly-commissioned essays from prominent scholars on the study of women in the ancient world.The first interdisciplinary, methodologically-based collection of readings to address the study of women in the ancient world Explores a broad range of topics relating to women in antiquity, including: Mother-Goddess Theory; Women in Homer, Pre-Roman Italy, the Near East; Women and the Family, the State, and Religion; Dress and Adornment; Female Patronage; Hellenistic Queens; Imperial Women; Women in Late Antiquity; Early Women Saints; and many more Thematically arranged to emphasize the importance of historical themes of continuity, development, and innovation Reconsiders much of the well-known evidence and preconceived notions relating to women in antiquity Includes contributions from many of the most prominent scholars associated with the study of women in antiquity "A Companion to Women in the Ancient World presents an interdisciplinary, methodologically-based collection of newly-commissioned essays from prominent scholars on the study of women in the ancient world: The first interdisciplinary, methodologically-based collection of readings to address the study of women in the ancient world; Explores a broad range of topics relating to women in antiquity, including: Mother-Goddess Theory; Women in Homer, Pre-Roman Italy, the Near East; Women and the Family, the State, and Religion; Dress and Adornment; Female Patronage; Hellenistic Queens; Imperial Women; Women in Late Antiquity; Early Women Saints; and many more; Thematically arranged to emphasize the importance of historical themes of continuity, development, and innovation; Reconsiders much of the well-known evidence and preconceived notions relating to women in antiquity; Includes contributions from many of the most prominent scholars associated with the study of women in antiquity."--Publisher's description A COMPANION TO WOMEN IN THE ANCIENT WORLD A Companion to Women in the Ancient World is the first interdisciplinary, methodologically based collection of readings to address the study of women in the ancient world while weaving textual, visual, and archaeological evidence into its approach. Prominent scholars tackle the myriad problems inherent in the interpretation of the evidence, and consider the biases and interpretive categories inherited from centuries of scholarship. Essays and case studies cover an unprecedented breadth of chronological and geographical range, genres, and themes. Illuminating and insightful, A Companion to Women in the Ancient World both challenges preconceived notions and paves the way for new directions in research on women in antiquity. Selected by Choice as a 2013 Outstanding Academic TitleAwarded a 2013 PROSE Honorable Mention as a Single Volume Reference/Humanities & Social SciencesA Companion to Women in the Ancient World presents an interdisciplinary, methodologically-based collection of newly-commissioned essays from prominent scholars on the study of women in the ancient world.The first interdisciplinary, methodologically-based collection of readings to address the study of women in the ancient worldExplores a broad range of topics relating to women in antiquity "A Companion to Women in the Ancient World presents an interdisciplinary, methodologically-based collection of newly-commissioned essays from prominent scholars on the study of women in the ancient world."-- Site de l'éditeur