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Pages: 260
Pages: 260
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005 - Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Although Greek society was largely male-dominated, it gave rise to a strong tradition of female authorship. Women poets of ancient Greece and Rome have long fas
Language: en
Pages: 286
Pages: 286
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004 - Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Despite a common perception that most writing in antiquity was produced by men, some important literature written by women during this period has survived. Edit
Language: en
Pages: 426
Pages: 426
Type: BOOK - Published: 1992 - Publisher: JHU Press
This highly acclaimed collection provides a unique look into the public and private lives and legal status of Greek and Roman women of all social classes-from w
Language: en
Pages: 218
Pages: 218
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-03-09 - Publisher: SIU Press
Beginning with Sappho in the seventh century B.C.E and ending with Egeria in the fifth century C.E., Snyder profiles ancient Greek and Roman women writers, incl
Language: en
Pages: 236
Pages: 236
Type: BOOK - Published: 1991-08-22 - Publisher: Univ of California Press
Sappho sang her poetry to the accompaniment of the lyre on the Greek island of Lesbos over 2500 years ago. Throughout the Greek world, her contemporaries compos