1st Edition
by Sharon L. James (Editor), Sheila Dillon (Editor)
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
