Uses original sources to examine the role of women during the Greek dynasty in Egypt, and compares their status with that of women in other Greek societies
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Book Description:
Using evidence from a wide array of sources, Sarah Pomeroy discusses women ranging from queens such as Arsinoë II and Cleopatra VII to Jewish slaves working on a Greek estate.
About the Author:
Sarah B. Pomeroy, a Ph.D. from Columbia University, is currently Professor of Classics and Women's Studies at Hunter College and at the Graduate School, City University of New York. She is an experienced papyrologist and wrote the first general book in English about women in antiquity: Goddesses, Whores, Wives, and Slaves.
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- PublisherSchocken
- Publication date1984
- ISBN 10 0805239111
- ISBN 13 9780805239119
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages241
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