Women's Influence on Classical Civilization

This volume explores how women in antiquity influenced cultural spheres usually thought of as male, such as politics, economics, science, law and the arts. It addresses particularly the question of how far culture, as it is traditionally defined, means male culture and the extent to which this culture was actually created and perpetuated by women. It is shown that women, through marriage and motherhood, tended both to perpetuate traditional male values and to make significant contributions of their own to this male culture. Each of the twelve essays in the collection focuses on a particular aspect of ancient culture and seeks to elucidate women's involvement in it.

ISBN	0415309581	Pages	208
ISBN13	9780415309585 (What's this?)	Volumes	1
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd	Weight (grammes)	363
Imprint	Routledge	Published in	London
Format	Paperback	Height (mm)	234
Publication date	22 Apr 2004	Width (mm)	156
Library of Congress	HQ1127 \.W	Spine width (mm)	10
DEWEY	305.40901	Academic level	Professional / Scholarly, Tertiary education
DEWEY edition	DC22

1	The logistics of gender from classical philosophy by Grainne McLaughlin	7
2	Matriot games? : Cornelia, mother of the Gracchi, and the forging of family-oriented political values by Judith P. Hallett	26
3	Politics of inclusion/exclusion in Attic tragedy by Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz	40
4	Exemplary housewife or luxurious slut : cultural representations of women in the Roman economy by Suzanne Dixon	56
5	Matronly patrons in the early Roman empire : the case of Salvia Postuma by Margaret L. Woodhull	75
6	Women's influence on revenge in ancient Greece by Fiona McHardy	92
7	A woman's influence on a Roman text : Marcia and Seneca by Rebecca Langlands	115
8	Women and the transmission of Libyan culture by Eireann Marshall	127
9	Galla Placidia : conduit of cultural? by Mary Harlow	138
10	Gender and cultural identity in Roman Egypt by Jane Rowlandson	51

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