ISBN:
9780198030003
,
0198030002
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xvii, 198 p.)
,
ill.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version Spartan women
DDC:
305.409389
Keywords:
Women Greece
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Sparta (Extinct city)
;
Women
;
Women
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Women's Studies
;
Social conditions
;
Women
;
Vrouwen
;
Griekse oudheid
;
Femme
;
Condition sociale
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Éducation
;
Famille
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Sparta (Extinct city) Social conditions
;
Sparte (Ville ancienne)
;
Europe
;
Sparta (Extinct city)
;
Sparta (Extinct city) Social conditions
;
Sparta (Extinct city) Social conditions
;
Greece ; Sparta (Extinct city)
;
Sparte (Ville ancienne)
;
Electronic book
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Publisher description: 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 ancient world, receiving formal instruction in poetry, music, dance, and physical education. And the most famous of mythic Greek women, Helen of Troy, was originally a Spartan. Written by one of the leading authorities on women in antiquity, Spartan Women seeks to reconstruct the lives and the world of Sparta's women, including how their legal status changed over time and how they held on to their surprising autonomy. In this book, Sarah Pomeroy covers over a thousand years in the lives of Sparta's women from both the elite and lower classes. This is the first book-length examination of Spartan women, and Pomeroy comprehensively analyzes ancient texts and archaeological evidence to construct the history of these elusive though much noticed women
Description / Table of Contents:
1.Education2.Becoming a wife3.The creation of mothers4.Elite women5.The lower classes6.Women and religion.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-183) and index. - Description based on print version record
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