Women in the Classical World - Image and Text

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 Romes 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, womens ornaments, historical and cultural context of their time. Written by leading experts in the fields of ancient history and art history, womens studies, and Greek and Roman literature, it it an indispensable addition t any course in ancient history, classics, Greek and Roman art history, or womens studies.

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.

Product details

• Authors: Elaine Fantham, Elaine Foley Fantham, Helene P. Foley, Helene Peet Foley, Natalie Boymel Kampen, Sarah B. Pomeroy, H. A. Shapiro
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.08.1995
• EAN: 9780195098624
• ISBN: 978-0-19-509862-4
• No. of pages: 448
• Subjects: European History, HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, HISTORY / Europe / General, Ancient Greece, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, Ancient Rome, Feminism & feminist theory, Social and cultural history, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Feminism and feminist theory