Pythagorean women philosophers : between belief and suspicion /

Greek sources, postdating Pythagoras by hundreds of years, suggest that women played an important part in his school. Pseudonymous texts attributed to Theano, Pythagoras' disciple or wife, and other female Pythagoreans, have also come down to us. Such testimonies are usually discussed as eviden...

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Main Author: Dutsch, Dorota (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Oxford studies in classical literature and gender theory.
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