The Public Lives of Ancient Women 500 BCE-650 CE

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Covering a broad chronological and geographic range and a great variety of source types, this volume examines the presence and activities of ancient women in the public domain, for example as rulers, patrons, priestesses, wives, athletes and pilgrims.

Author(s): Lucinda Dirven, Martijn Icks, Sofie Remijsen
Series: Mnemosyne, Supplements, 468
Publisher: Brill
Year: 2023

Language: English
Pages: 333
City: Leiden

‎Contents
‎Figures
‎Introduction (Dirven, Icks and Remijsen)
‎Complete List of Publications by Emily A. Hemelrijk
‎Chapter 1. Warrior Queens of the Hellenistic World (Strootman)
‎Chapter 2. Empresses Taking Charge (Icks)
‎Chapter 3. Zenobia versus Mawia (Dirven)
‎Chapter 4. Image and Reality (Slootjes)
‎Chapter 5. Priestesses in the Sacred Space of the Acropolis (Blok and van Rookhuijzen)
‎Chapter 6. Bringing Women into the Agonistic Sphere (van Nijf)
‎Chapter 7. Women on Time (Remijsen)
‎Chapter 8. Ut sacrificantes vel insanientes Bacchae (Salerno)
‎Chapter 9. Discourses of a Changing Society (Foubert)
‎Chapter 10. Present in Public Lettering (Roels)
‎Chapter 11. Publicly Luxurious (Hamelink)
‎Chapter 12. Beautiful Names and Impeccable Dress (Klaver)
‎Chapter 13. Female Patronage in Late Antiquity (Whiting)
‎Index