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SPARTAN WOMEN
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By: |
Sarah B. Pomeroy |
Format: |
Paperback |

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ISBN 10: |
0195130677 |
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9780195130676 |
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Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS INC |
Pub. date: |
11 June, 2002 |
Pages: |
216 |
Description: |
Sarah Pomeroy seeks to reconstruct the lives and the world of Sparta's women-including how their legal status changed over time and how they held on to their surprising autonomy. Written by one of the leading authorities on women in antiquity, this is the first full-length study of Spartan women. |
Synopsis: |
Sparta, which existed from 800 B.C. until A.D. 200, was renowned in the ancient world as a stoic and martial city-state, and most of what we know about Sparta concerns its military history and male-dominated social structure. Yet Spartan women were in many ways among the most liberated of the ancient world, receiving formal instruction in poetry, music, dance, and physical education. And the most famous of mythic Greek women, Helen of Troy, was originally a Spartan. Written by one of the leading authorities on women in antiquity, Spartan Women seeks to reconstruct the lives and the world of Sparta's women, including how their legal status changed over time and how they held on to their surprising autonomy. In this book, Sarah Pomeroy covers over a thousand years in the lives of Sparta's women from both the elite and lower classes. This is the first book-length examination of Spartan women, and Pomeroy comprehensively analyses ancient texts and archaeological evidence to construct the history of these elusive though much noticed women. Spartan Women is an authoritative and fresh account that will appeal to all readers interested in ancient history and women's studies. |
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13 halftones |
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US |
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Oxford University Press Inc |
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