A Companion to Women in the Ancient World
Sharon L. James, Sheila Dillon
Wiley-Blackwell
<i>Selected by Choice as a 2013 Outstanding Academic Title</i><br /><i>Awarded a 2013 PROSE Honorable Mention as a Single Volume Reference/Humanities & Social Sciences</i><p><i>A Companion to Women in the Ancient World</i> presents an interdisciplinary, methodologically-based collection of newly-commissioned essays from prominent scholars on the study of women in the ancient world.</p><ul><li>The first interdisciplinary, methodologically-based collection of readings to address the study of women in the ancient world</li><li>Explores a broad range of topics relating to women in antiquity, including: Mother-Goddess Theory; Women in Homer, Pre-Roman Italy, the Near East; Women and the Family, the State, and Religion; Dress and Adornment; Female Patronage; Hellenistic Queens; Imperial Women; Women in Late Antiquity; Early Women Saints; and many more</li><li>Thematically arranged to emphasize the importance of historical themes of continuity, development, and innovation</li><li>Reconsiders much of the well-known evidence and preconceived notions relating to women in antiquity</li><li>Includes contributions from many of the most prominent scholars associated with the study of women in antiquity</li>