Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-261) and index.
I. Goddesses and gods -- II. Women in the Bronze Age and Homeric epic -- III. The Dark Age and the Archaic period -- IV. Women and the city of Athens -- V. Private life in classical Athens -- VI. Images of women in the literature of classical Athens -- VII. Hellenistic women -- VIII. The Roman matron of the late Republic and early Empire -- IX. Women of the Roman lower classes -- X. The role of women in the religion of the Romans -- Epilogue: The elusive women of classical antiquity.
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"'The first treatment to reflect the critical insights of modern feminism ... its position has hardly been challenged'-- Mary Beard"--Cover.
Goddesses, whores, wives, and slaves.
Women in classical antiquity
Women-- Greece-- Social conditions.
Women-- History-- To 500.
Women-- Religious life-- Rome.
Women-- Rome-- Social conditions.
Femmes-- Antiquité.
Femmes-- Conditions sociales-- Antiquité.
Klassieke oudheid.
Social conditions
Vrouwen.
Women-- Religious life.
Women-- Social conditions.
Women.
Greece, Social conditions, To 146 B.C.
Rome, Social conditions.
Greece, Social conditions, To 146 B.C.
Grèce, Conditions sociales, Jusqu'à 146 av. J.-C.