Women in AntiquityIan McAuslan, Peter Walcot This volume collects together 14 articles published in Greece and Rome during the last 20 years by leading authorities. They cover a wide breadth of interests including history, the law, mythology, literature, and religion in Graeco-Roman antiquity. A detailed and substantial introduction has been written by Dr Gillian Clark, an expert in the field, relating the articles to the development of gender studies since they were first published. The majority of the articles themselves have been updated to take account of the latest discoveries and developments. history, and sociology. |
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... society . Extra - mural students can vote with their feet as undergraduates cannot , and it is significant how regularly the brochures of university extra - mural departments in Britain have come to feature courses with titles such as ...
... society . Extra - mural students can vote with their feet as undergraduates cannot , and it is significant how regularly the brochures of university extra - mural departments in Britain have come to feature courses with titles such as ...
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... society like that of classical Athens there would have been relatively few families which could dispense with the essential economic activities of the woman - activities which necessarily involve going out of the house . For those ...
... society like that of classical Athens there would have been relatively few families which could dispense with the essential economic activities of the woman - activities which necessarily involve going out of the house . For those ...
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... society apart ( there- fore [ sic ] they must be subversives , lesbians , communists , hippies - etc . etc. ) . Modern usage perhaps emphasizes the unusual or even threatening associations ; Amazons are , for whatever reason , outside ...
... society apart ( there- fore [ sic ] they must be subversives , lesbians , communists , hippies - etc . etc. ) . Modern usage perhaps emphasizes the unusual or even threatening associations ; Amazons are , for whatever reason , outside ...
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A Note on Annals 3 334 | 18 |
Roman Women | 36 |
An Essay on Menanders Aspis | 56 |
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