![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This book, however – whether it’s the more academic tone or simply the subject matter – I really enjoyed. My last couple of forays into non-fiction historical writing have been kind of disappointing, three-star affairs. It examines all the available evidence – literary and archaeological – and reconstructs the lives of women from all classes of society. This unique and important book spans a period of 1500 years – from the fall of Troy to the death of Constantine. What did women do in ancient Greece and Rome? Did Socrates’ wife Xanithippe ever hear his dialogues on beauty and truth? How many women actually read the histories of Herodotus and Thucydides? When pagan goddesses were as powerful as the gods, why was the status symbol of women generally so low? Why, in traditional histories, is half the population effectively invisible? Pages: 265 including notes & index (paperback)įorm: Non-Fiction, History, Ancient History, Women’s History Goddesses, Whores, Wives, & Slaves: Women in Classical Antiquity by Sarah B. ![]()
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