A holistic study of five key texts of Athenian oratory, this book unravels the complex cultural constructions of sexual labor in classical Athens and offers a new perspective on the history of sex laborers in ancient Greece.
Roman Material Culture and Female Agency in the Bay of Naples
Edited by Brenda Longfellow and Molly Swetnam-Burland
Price: $55.00
ISBN: 9781477323588
Pub Date: November 23rd, 2021
Format: Hardcover
408 Pages
The first book to focus exclusively on material evidence such as frescos, graffiti, and inscriptions to explore the lives of Roman women from all social classes in Pompeii and Herculaneum.
Now with new chapters on Greek vase painting and Roman artifacts and wall paintings, Controlling Desires is the essential classroom and general introduction to sexual practices, attitudes, and beliefs in the classical world.
Inspired by anthropological writing on reciprocity and kinship, this book applies the idea of gendered wealth to ancient Greek myth for the first time, and also highlights the importance of the sister-brother bond in the Classical world.
Edited by Lauren Hackworth Petersen and Patricia Salzman-Mitchell
Price: $25.00
ISBN: 9780292754348
Pub Date: March 1st, 2012
Format: Paperback
272 Pages
Using a wealth of evidence from legal, literary, and medical texts, as well as art, architecture, ritual, and material culture, the contributors to this volume offer the first extensive study of the private and public roles of mothers in the Classical wor
A sweeping overview of Roman women’s roles and functions in religion and, by extension, in Rome’s history and culture from the republic through the empire.
A scholarly, yet highly accessible account of the life and times of the Empress Theodora, who rose from actress in burlesque theater to co-ruler of Byzantium.
From the Homosocial to the Homoerotic in the Ancient World
Edited by Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz and Lisa Auanger
Price: $39.95
ISBN: 9780292719460
Pub Date: February 1st, 2002
Format: Paperback
407 Pages
This book explores a wide variety of textual and archaeological evidence for women's homosocial and homoerotic relationships from prehistoric Greece to fifth-century CE Egypt.
Edited by Diana E. E. Kleiner and Susan B. Matheson
by Yale University Art Gallery
Price: $27.95
ISBN: 9780292743403
Pub Date: July 1st, 2000
Format: Paperback
191 Pages
Ten essays by specialists in art history, history, and papyrology offer reflections on women in Roman society based on the material evidence provided by art, archaeology, and ancient literary sources.
