Largely excluded from any public role, the women of ancient Greece nonetheless appear in various guises in the art and writing of the period, and in legal docum

Examines women whose influence was positive, as well as those whose reputations were more notoriousSupremely well researched from many different historical sour

In this sumptuously illustrated book, Joan Breton Connelly gives us the first comprehensive cultural history of priestesses in the ancient Greek world. Connelly

Describes women in ancient Greece through the Hellenistic age, including their legal rights and status, their home life, their roles in community activities, an

A rich collection of source material on women in the ancient Greek world including literary, rhetorical, philosophical and legal sources, and papyri and inscrip