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Daughters of Gaia : women in the ancient Mediterranean world /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Vivante, Bella
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Westport, Conn. : Praeger Publishers, 2007.
Series:Praeger series on the ancient world.
Subjects:
Women > History > To 500.
Women > Mediterranean Region > History.
Civilization, Classical.
Women > Mediterranean Region > Social conditions.
Sex role > Mediterranean Region > History.
Online Access:Table of contents only
Table of Contents:
  • Ancient Mediterranean civilizations timeline
  • Introduction
  • Ancient goddesses : the primacy of female divinity
  • Sanctifying women's lives : ancient women's rituals
  • A woman's life in ancient cultures
  • Health and medicine
  • From home to market : the economic bases of women's lives
  • From matrons to female kings : women who ruled from home and from the throne
  • Women and war : symbol, object and warrior
  • In her own voice 1 : women's philosophical writings
  • In her own voice 2 : women's poetry.