Goddesses, Whores, Wives, and Slaves PDF book is popular History book written by Sarah Pomeroy. The book was released by Schocken on 2011-05-18 with total hardcover pages 305. Fast download link is given in this page, you could read Goddesses, Whores, Wives, and Slaves by Sarah Pomeroy in PDF, epub and kindle directly from your devices.
"The first general treatment of women in the ancient world to reflect the critical insights of modern feminism. Though much debated, its position as the basic t
Information about women is scattered throughout the fragmented mosaic of ancient history: the vivid poetry of Sappho survived antiquity on remnants of damaged p
Using evidence from a wide array of sources, Sarah Pomeroy discusses women ranging from queens such as Arsinoë II and Cleopatra VII to Jewish slaves working on
This collection of essays explores the lives and roles of women in antiquity. A recurring theme is the relationship between private and public, and many of the
As any reader of the Symposium knows, the ancient Greek philosopher Socrates conversed over lavish banquets, kept watch on who was eating too much fish, and imb
