1st Edition

Women's Influence on Classical Civilization

Edited By Eireann Marshall, Fiona Mchardy Copyright 2004
208 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

208 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

208 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Written by an international range of renowned academics, this volume explores how women in antiquity influenced aspects of culture normally though of as male. Looking at politics, economics, science, law and the arts, the contributors examine examples from around the ancient world asking how far traditional definitions of culture describe male spheres of activity, and examining to what extent... Read more
Introduction  Women and Science: The Logistics of Gender in Classical Philosophy  Women and Medicine: Between Nature and Culture  Women in the Political Arena: 'Matriot' Games? Cornelia Mother of the Gracchi  Women and Commerce / Economy: Cultural Representations of Women in the Roman Economy  Women and Literature:  Feminists Theorise the Cultural  A Woman's Influence on a Roman Text
Women and Justice: Women's Influence on Revenge in Ancient Greece  Women and Architecture: Women and Architectural Patronage during the Roman Empire  Women and the Transmission of Foreign Culture: Libyan Women and the Transmission of Indigenous Culture  Galla Placidia: Women and Culture in Late Antiquity  Gender and Culture in Roman Egypt

Biography

Eireann Marshall, Fiona Mchardy