Spartan Women

Name: Spartan Women
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ISBN: 9780195130676

ISBN-10: 0195130677

ISBN-13: 9780195130676

Edition: 2002

Authors: Sarah B. Pomeroy

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Sparta, which existed from 800 B.C. until A.D. 200, was renowned in the ancient world as a stoic and martial city-state, and most of what we know about Sparta concerns its military history and male-dominated social structure. Yet Spartan women were in many ways among the most liberated of the ancient world, receiving formal instruction in poetry, music, dance, and physical education. And the most famous of mythic Greek women, Helen of Troy, was originally a Spartan. Written by one of the leading authorities on women in antiquity, Spartan Women seeks to reconstruct the lives and the world of Sparta's women, including how their legal status changed over time and how they held on to their…

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List price: $45.99
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/11/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 216
Size: 9.09" wide x 6.10" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 0.902
Language: English

Sarah B. Pomeroy is professor of clasics at Hunter College and the Graduate School, City University of New York.



Illustrations


Abbreviations



Education



Becoming a Wife



The Creation of Mothers



Elite Women



The Lower Classes



Women and Religion


Conclusion: Gender and Ethnicity



Sources for the History of Spartan Women


Works Cited


Index