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19 produkter
Goddesses, Whores, Wives and Slaves
Women in Classical Antiquity
Häftad, 2015
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (2)
187 kr
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‘The classic, groundbreaking account of women’s lives in Greece and Rome’ Mary BeardFor centuries, half the ancient world remained invisible -- until Sarah Pomeroy’s pioneering history, which at last revealed the women of antiquity to modern eyes.What did daily life hold for women in ancient Greece …
Maria Sibylla Merian - Artist, Scientist, Adventurer
Av Sarah B. Pomeroy, Jeyaraney Kathirithamby
Inbunden, 2018
216 kr
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In 1660, at the age of thirteen, Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717) began her study of butterfly metamorphosis-years before any other scientist published an accurate description of the process. Later, Merian and her daughter ventured thousands of miles from their home in the Netherlands to the …
Oeconomicus
A Social and Historical Commentary, with a New English Translation
Häftad, 1995
944 kr
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The Oeconomicus is unique in Greek literature in combining a discussion of the proper management of an oikos (`family', `household', or `estate') and didactic material on agriculture within a Socratic dialogue. It is one of the richest primary sources for the social, economic, and intellectual …
A Brief History of Ancient Greece
Politics, Society, and Culture
Av Sarah B. Pomeroy, Stanley M. Burstein m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
1109 kr
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Revised and updated throughout, the fourth edition of A Brief History of Ancient Greece presents the political, social, cultural, and economic history and civilization of ancient Greece in all its complexity and variety. Written by six leading ancient Greek historians, this captivating study covers …
Plutarch's Advice to the Bride and Groom and A Consolation to His Wife
English Translations, Commentary, Interpretive Essays, and Bibliography
Inbunden, 1999
3706 kr
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This book is a collection of essays with commentary and evaluative bibliography on Plutarch. Advice to the Bride and Groom and Consolation to His Wife along with the Greek texts and English translations. It is designed to help readers understand and appreciate two important documents for the study …
Plutarch's Advice to the Bride and Groom and A Consolation to His Wife
English Translations, Commentary, Interpretive Essays, and Bibliography
E-bok, 1999
2118 kr
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While perhaps best known for his Lives , Plutarch also wrote philosophical dialogues that constitute a major intellectual legacy from the first century A.D. This collection presents two important short works from his writings in moral philosophy. They reveal Plutarch at his best--informative, …
Brief History of Ancient Greece 5e
Politics, Society, and Culture
Av Sarah B. Pomeroy, Stanley M. Burstein m. fl.
Häftad, 2025
840 kr
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Revised and updated throughout, the fifth edition of A Brief History of Ancient Greece presents the political, social, cultural, and economic history and civilization of ancient Greece in all its complexity and variety. Written by leading authorities on the classical world, this captivating study …
Brief History of Ancient Greece
Politics, Society, and Culture
Av Georgia Tsouvala, David W. Tandy m. fl.
E-bok, 2025
517 kr
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Revised and updated throughout, the fifth edition of A Brief History of Ancient Greece presents the political, social, cultural, and economic history and civilization of ancient Greece in all its complexity and variety. Written by leading authorities on the classical world, this captivating study …
Spartan Women
E-bok, 2002
510 kr
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Sparta, which existed from 800 B.C. until A.D. 200, was renowned in the ancient world as a stoic and martial city-state, and most of what we know about Sparta concerns its military history and male-dominated social structure. Yet Spartan women were in many ways among the most liberated of the …
Spartan Women
E-bok, 2002
510 kr
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Sparta, which existed from 800 B.C. until A.D. 200, was renowned in the ancient world as a stoic and martial city-state, and most of what we know about Sparta concerns its military history and male-dominated social structure. Yet Spartan women were in many ways among the most liberated of the …
Murder of Regilla
A Case of Domestic Violence in Antiquity
Häftad, 2009
334 kr
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From an acclaimed author comes a fascinating story of the life, marriage, and death of an all but forgotten Roman woman. Born to an illustrious Roman family in 125 CE, Regilla was married at the age of fifteen to Herodes, a wealthy Greek who championed his country's values at a time when Rome …
Women's History and Ancient History
Häftad, 1991
558 kr
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This collection of essays explores the lives and roles of women in antiquity. A recurring theme is the relationship between private and public, and many of the essays find that women's public roles develop as a result of their private lives, specifically their family relationships. Essays on …
Women in Hellenistic Egypt
From Alexander to Cleopatra
Häftad, 1990
294 kr
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After its conquest in 331 B.C., Egypt became the center of the Hellenistic world, attracting men and women from other parts of the Mediterranean area. In this cosmopolitan and mobile society, Greek women of the ruling class had unprecedented opportunities and were able to employ some of the legal …
Goddesses, Whores, Wives and Slaves
Women in Classical Antiquity
E-bok, 2010
170 kr
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What did women do in ancient Greece and Rome? Did Socrates' wife Xanthippe ever hear his dialogues on beauty and truth? How many many women actually read the histories of Herodotus and Thucydides? When pagan goddesses were as powerful as gods, why was the status of women generally so low? Why, in …
Pythagorean Women
Their History and Writings
Inbunden, 2013
698 kr
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In Pythagorean Women, classical scholar Sarah B. Pomeroy discusses the groundbreaking principles that Pythagoras established for family life in Archaic Greece, such as constituting a single standard of sexual conduct for women and men. Among the Pythagoreans, women played an important role and …
Women's History and Ancient History
E-bok, 2014
535 kr
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This collection of essays explores the lives and roles of women in antiquity. A recurring theme is the relationship between private and public, and many of the essays find that women’s public roles develop as a result of their private lives, specifically their family relationships. Essays on …
Women's History and Ancient History
E-bok, 2021
2140 kr
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This collection of essays explores the lives and roles of women in antiquity. A recurring theme is the relationship between private and public, and many of the essays find that women’s public roles develop as a result of their private lives, specifically their family relationships. Essays on …
Benjamin Franklin, Swimmer
An Illustrated History, Transactions, American Philosophical Society (Vol. 110, Part 1)
Häftad, 2021
291 kr
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Women's History and Ancient History
E-bok, 2014
535 kr
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This collection of essays explores the lives and roles of women in antiquity. A recurring theme is the relationship between private and public, and many of the essays find that women’s public roles develop as a result of their private lives, specifically their family relationships. Essays on …
