Women in Ancient Greece : seclusion, exclusion, or illusion? / Paul Chrystal.

"Women in Ancient Greece is a much-needed analysis of how women behaved in Greek society, how they were regarded, and the restrictions imposed on their actions. Given that ancient Greece was very much a man's world, most books on ancient Greek society tend to focus on men; this book redresses the im...

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Main Author: Chrystal, Paul (Author)
Language:English
Published: [Stroud] : Fonthill Media Limited, 2017.
Subjects:
Women > Greece > History.
Women > Greece > Social conditions.
Civilization, Ancient.
Women.
Women > Social conditions.
Greece.
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:224 pages, [16 unnumbered pages of plates] : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Goddesses and mythical women
  • Epic, tragic, and comedic women
  • Misogyny and invective
  • Women and the (re-) writing of history
  • Women in the family
  • Love and marriage, dowries and divorce
  • Seclusion and exclusion: how much of an illusion?
  • Women and world of work
  • Spartan women
  • Dressing down and making up
  • Educated women: poets, philosophers, painters, physicists, and prostitutes
  • Women in the visual arts
  • Women in religion and in philsophy
  • Death and the woman
  • Woman as witch
  • The 'incomplete' womean's medicine and female sexuality.