内容简介
ACompaniontoWomenintheAncientWorldpresentsaninterdisciplinary,methodologically-basedcollectionofnewly-commissionedessaysfromprominentscholarsonthestudyofwomenintheancientworld.Thefirstinterdisciplinary,methodologically-basedcollectionofreadingstoaddressthestudyofwomenintheancientworldExploresabroadrangeoftopicsrelatingtowomeninantiquity,including:Mother-GoddessTheory;WomeninHomer,Pre-RomanItaly,theNearEast;WomenandtheFamily,theState,andReligion;DressandAdornment;FemalePatronage;HellenisticQueens;ImperialWomen;WomeninLateAntiquity;EarlyWomenSaints;andmanymoreThematicallyarrangedtoemphasizetheimportanceofhistoricalthemesofcontinuity,development,andinnovationReconsidersmuchofthewell-knownevidenceandpreconceivednotionsrelatingtowomeninantiquityIncludescontributionsfrommanyofthemostprominentscholarsassociatedwiththestudyofwomeninantiquity