Goddesses, Whores, Wives and Slaves

Goddesses, Whores, Wives and Slaves

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Pomeroy, Sarah B.Pomeroy, Sarah B.

What did women do in ancient Greece and Rome? Did Socrates'' wife Xanthippe ever hear his dialogues on beauty and truth? How many many women actually read the histories of Herodotus and Thucydides? When pagan goddesses were as powerful as gods, why was the status of women generally so low? Why, in traditional histories, is half the population effectively invisible?

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What did women do in ancient Greece and Rome? Did Socrates'' wife Xanthippe ever hear his dialogues on beauty and truth? How many many women actually read the histories of Herodotus and Thucydides? When pagan goddesses were as powerful as gods, why was the status of women generally so low? Why, in traditional histories, is half the population effectively invisible?

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  • Formats: epub
  • Accessibility Summary: The publication meets some aspects of WCAG 2.0 Level A, but may currently lack image descriptions and other accessibility features.
  • Access Mode: Visual, Auditory
  • Access Mode Sufficient: Visual
  • Accessibility Feature: Appearance of all textual content can be modified, No reading system accessibility options actively disabled (except), Publisher contact for further accessibility information, Single logical reading order, Table of contents navigation, Use of high contrast between text and background color
  • ISBN: 9781407054018
  • Publication Date: 11 Mar 2010
  • Publisher: Random House
  • Product language: English
  • Drm Setting: DRM