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and judicial sources can and cannot be used to discover that Greek and Roman men thought about women.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Translator's Note
Preface
Introduction
Part I. Greece
Chapter 1. Matriarchy in Prehistory, Myth and History
Chapter 2. Origins of Western Misogyny
Chapter 3. Exclusion from the Polis
Chapter 4. Philosophers and Women
Chapter 5. Women and Literature
Chapter 6. Homosexuality and Love
Chapter 7. The Hellenistic Age: New Images, Old Stereotypes
Part II. Rome
Chapter 8. The Hypothesis of Matriarchy
Chapter 9. The Period of the Kings and the Republic
Chapter 10. The Principate and the Empire: The Emancipation of Women?
Chapter 11. The Byzantine Empire
Conclusion
Abbreviations Used in the NOtes
Notes
Index
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    Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
    Publication Date: 12/1/1986 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780801833854, 978-0801833854
    ISBN10: 080183385X
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    Gender studies: women and girls

    Description

    Book Synopsis
    and judicial sources can and cannot be used to discover that Greek and Roman men thought about women.

    Table of Contents

    Foreword
    Translator's Note
    Preface
    Introduction
    Part I. Greece
    Chapter 1. Matriarchy in Prehistory, Myth and History
    Chapter 2. Origins of Western Misogyny
    Chapter 3. Exclusion from the Polis
    Chapter 4. Philosophers and Women
    Chapter 5. Women and Literature
    Chapter 6. Homosexuality and Love
    Chapter 7. The Hellenistic Age: New Images, Old Stereotypes
    Part II. Rome
    Chapter 8. The Hypothesis of Matriarchy
    Chapter 9. The Period of the Kings and the Republic
    Chapter 10. The Principate and the Empire: The Emancipation of Women?
    Chapter 11. The Byzantine Empire
    Conclusion
    Abbreviations Used in the NOtes
    Notes
    Index
    Books in the Series

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