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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463142203321

Autore

Shelton Jo-Ann

Titolo

The women of Pliny's letters / / Jo-Ann Shelton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-138-08578-2

1-136-22561-7

0-203-09812-9

1-283-86150-X

1-136-22568-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (446 p.)

Collana

Women of the ancient world The women of Pliny's letters

Disciplina

876/.01

Soggetti

Women - Rome - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

1. Arria the Elder and the heroism of women -- 2. Arria's family and the tradition of dissent -- 3. Pliny's wives -- 4. Mothers, nurses, and stepmothers -- 5. Grandmothers, aunts, and mothers-in-law -- 6. Daughters and sisters -- 7. Women outside the family.