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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822410703321

Autore

Pomeroy Sarah B

Titolo

Spartan women [[electronic resource] /] / Sarah B. Pomeroy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2002

ISBN

0-19-770520-0

0-19-988099-9

1-280-83313-0

0-19-803000-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (217 p.)

Disciplina

305.409389

Soggetti

Women - Greece - Sparta (Extinct city)

Sparta (Extinct city) Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-183) and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; ABBREVIATIONS; 1 EDUCATION; 2 BECOMING A WIFE; 3 THE CREATION OF MOTHERS; 4 ELITE WOMEN; 5 THE LOWER CLASSES; 6 WOMEN AND RELIGION; CONCLUSION: GENDER AND ETHNICITY; APPENDIX: SOURCES FOR THE HISTORY OF SPARTAN WOMEN; WORKS CITED; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Z

Sommario/riassunto

Sarah Pomeroy seeks to reconstruct the lives and the world of Sparta's women -- including how their legal status changed over time and how they held on to their surprising autonomy.