'The classic, groundbreaking account of women's lives in Greece and Rome... The first treatment of women in the ancient world reflect the critical insights of modern feminism'. Mary Beard, Times Literary Supplement
Sarah B. Pomeroy was born in New York City and educated at Barnard College and Columbia University. She has lived in England and several other European countries and has taught at a number of universities, including Vassar College and Columbia. Her books include, Women in Hellenistic Egypt from Alexander to Cleopatra, Women's History and Ancient History, Women in the Classical World: Image and Text and Xenophon: Oeconomicus: A Social and Historical Commentary.
"The classic, groundbreaking account of women’s lives in Greece and
Rome… the first general treatment of women in the ancient world to
reflect the critical insights of modern feminism"
*Mary Beard*
"Deeply fascinating ... from Pandora to the Lemnian women who
slaughtered their husbands for saying they stank, from Solon's
state-controlled brothels to the scabrous writing of Juvenal and
the transvestite peculariaties of Spartan marriages ... attitudes
and anomalies are explored which remain valid paradigms to this
day"
*Observer*
"Deeply fascinating ... from Pandora to the Lemnian women who
slaughtered their husbands for saying they stank, from Solon's
state-controlled brothels to the scabrous writing of Juvenal and
the transvestite peculariaties of Spartan marriages ... attitudes
and anomalies are explored which remain valid paradigms to this
day"
*Observer*
"From Pandora to the Lemnian women who slaughtered their husbands
for saying they stank, from Solon's state-controlled brothels, the
scabrous writing of Juvenal, the transvestite peculiarities of
Spartan marriage...attitudes and anomalies are explored which
remain valid paradigms to this day... A scholarly and deeply
fascinating study"
*Observer*
"Professor Pomeroy's standpoint is clearly that of a reasoned and
enlightened sympathy with women's aspirations. Scholars will find
the book indispensable and readers will find it both instructive
and enjoyable"
*Hugh Lloyd-Jones*
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