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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

      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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