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Book SynopsisSarah Pomeroy''s groundbreaking Goddesses, Whores, Wives, and Slaves introduced scholars, students, and general readers to an exciting new area of inquiry: women in classical antiquity. Almost fifty years later, New Directions in the Study of Women in the Greco-Roman World builds upon and moves beyond Pomeroy''s seminal work to represent the next step in this interdisciplinary field.The new directions for the study of women in antiquity included in this volume of newly commissioned essays feature new methodological questions to be asked, new time periods to be explored, new objects of study, as well as new information to be uncovered. In addressing these new directions, the editors have gathered a distinguished group of contributors that includes historians, philologists, archaeologists, art historians, and specialists in subfields like ancient medicine, ancient law, papyrology, and epigraphy. While some chapters focus primarily on Greece or Rome, others straddle or go beyond these art
Trade ReviewThe perspective adopted in the volume is well explained by the authors: 'It does not represent one particular approach to the study of women in antiquity, nor does it favor the study of women in any one time period. In fact, it is its eclectic and inclusive quality that will be particularly valuable, for while each chapter provides a significant individual scholarly contribution, the book as a whole will enable readers to gain a picture of where the field is headed more broadly'. * ALESSANDRA VALENTINI, The Classical Review *
Many of the essays in this collection are not just themselves presenting new directions in the study of women in the Greco-Roman world, but also indicating new directions for future research in this field. It only goes to show how much there is still to discover about the lives of women in antiquity. * Classics for All *
Readers of the volume, following the 'new directions' in the study of women in the ancient world, guided through new approaches, new methodologies and new fields, are led to new questions requiring an increasingly interdisciplinary approach, showing how Pomeroy's perspective, suggested in 1975, has become axiomatic in this research field. Surely, from this point of view the task is well done. * Classical Review *
These essays in honor of Sarah Pomeroy's groundbreaking work on women in antiquity make visible aspects of women's lives that have often been erased. By using many tools that Classics gives to us in fields such as literature, art history, archaeology, epigraphy, papyrology, law and economics, expanding the usual geographical and temporal boundaries, and embedding analyses in contemporary societal issues, the authors provide new information, new methodologies, and new answers to questions we should all be asking. * Barbara K. Gold, Hamilton College *
Female athletes, a multifaceted Phaedra, Penelope in Persepolis, underaged brides: these and other fascinating topics are illuminated by the authors of this volume honoring Sarah Pomeroy's trailblazing research on women in Greco-Roman antiquity. From overviews of papyrology's engagement with women's history to demonstrations that Republican Rome's 'man in the street' was often a woman, and beyond, this collection confirms the continuing relevance of exploring women in the classical world. * Mary T. Boatwright, Duke University *
In outstanding essays covering material from Classical Athens to the Roman Empire, this volume commemorates the ground-breaking work of Sarah Pomeroy in establishing women's studies as an essential part of classical scholarship. One could hardly imagine a better demonstration of the debt owed to her and to her revolution of the discipline, yet moving into the next phase of scholarship. From goddesses to whores, wives, and slaves, they are all here. * Duane W. Roller, The Ohio State University *
One of Pomeroy's greatest contributions to the research field has been her interdisciplinary approach. It is appropriate, then, that the volume dedicated to her involves multiple sources and methodologies and spans the whole Greco-Roman period. * Opuscula, volume 16 *
Table of Contents1. Introduction, Ronnie Ancona 2. Goddesses, a Whore-Wife and a Slave: Euripides' Hippolytus and Epistemic Injustice towards Women, Edith Hall 3. Periphrôn Pênelopeia: The Reception of Penelope in Fifth-Century Athens, H. A. Shapiro 4. The First Basilissa: Phila, daughter of Antipater and wife of Demetrius Poliorcetes, Elizabeth D. Carney 5. Power and Patronage: Rethinking the Legacy of Artemisia II, Walter D. Penrose, Jr. 6. The Murder of Apronia, Barbara Levick 7. A Century of Women's History from the Papyri, Roger S. Bagnall 8. Cosmetics in Daily Life, Ann Ellis Hanson 9. Female Athletes in the Hellenistic and Roman Greek World, Georgia Tsouvala 10. Normalizing Illegality? The Roman Jurists and Underage Marriage, Bruce W. Frier 11. Augustus and the Economics of Adultery, Marilyn B. Skinner 12. Social Laws and Social Facts, Kristina Milnor 13. The Woman in the Street: Becoming Visible in Mid-Republican Rome, Amy Richlin Bibliography Index
