Eva Cantarella has taught at the universities of Camerino and Milan and currently holds the chair in the history of Roman law at the University of Parma.

• ForewordTranslator's NotePrefaceIntroductionPart I. GreeceChapter 1. Matriarchy in Prehistory, Myth and HistoryChapter 2. Origins of Western MisogynyChapter 3. Exclusion from the PolisChapter 4. Philosophers and WomenChapter 5. Women and LiteratureChapter 6. Homosexuality and LoveChapter 7. The Hellenistic Age: New Images, Old StereotypesPart II. RomeChapter 8. The Hypothesis of MatriarchyChapter 9. The Period of the Kings and the RepublicChapter 10. The Principate and the Empire: The Emancipation of Women?Chapter 11. The Byzantine EmpireConclusionAbbreviations Used in the NOtesNotesIndexBooks in the Series

Eva Cantarella has taught at the universities of Camerino and Milan and currently holds the chair in the history of Roman law at the University of Parma.

• ForewordTranslator's NotePrefaceIntroductionPart I. GreeceChapter 1. Matriarchy in Prehistory, Myth and HistoryChapter 2. Origins of Western MisogynyChapter 3. Exclusion from the PolisChapter 4. Philosophers and WomenChapter 5. Women and LiteratureChapter 6. Homosexuality and LoveChapter 7. The Hellenistic Age: New Images, Old StereotypesPart II. RomeChapter 8. The Hypothesis of MatriarchyChapter 9. The Period of the Kings and the RepublicChapter 10. The Principate and the Empire: The Emancipation of Women?Chapter 11. The Byzantine EmpireConclusionAbbreviations Used in the NOtesNotesIndexBooks in the Series

Eva Cantarella has taught at the universities of Camerino and Milan and currently holds the chair in the history of Roman law at the University of Parma.

• ForewordTranslator's NotePrefaceIntroductionPart I. GreeceChapter 1. Matriarchy in Prehistory, Myth and HistoryChapter 2. Origins of Western MisogynyChapter 3. Exclusion from the PolisChapter 4. Philosophers and WomenChapter 5. Women and LiteratureChapter 6. Homosexuality and LoveChapter 7. The Hellenistic Age: New Images, Old StereotypesPart II. RomeChapter 8. The Hypothesis of MatriarchyChapter 9. The Period of the Kings and the RepublicChapter 10. The Principate and the Empire: The Emancipation of Women?Chapter 11. The Byzantine EmpireConclusionAbbreviations Used in the NOtesNotesIndexBooks in the Series