| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 198 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-183) and index. |
| Contents |
1. Education -- 2. Becoming a wife -- 3. Creation of mothers -- 4. Elite women -- 5. Lower classes -- 6. Women and religion. |
| Summary |
Publisher description: Sparta, which existed from 800 B.C. until A.D. 200, was renowned in the ancient world as a stoic and martial city-state, and most of what we know about Sparta concerns its military history and male-dominated social structure. Yet Spartan women were in many ways among the most liberated of the ancient world, receiving formal instruction in poetry, music, dance, and physical education. And the most famous of mythic Greek women, Helen of Troy, was originally a Spartan. Written by one of the leading authorities on women in antiquity, Spartan Women 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. In this book, Sarah Pomeroy covers over a thousand years in the lives of Sparta's women from both the elite and lower classes. This is the first book-length examination of Spartan women, and Pomeroy comprehensively analyzes ancient texts and archaeological evidence to construct the history of these elusive though much noticed women. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Women -- Greece -- Sparta (Extinct city)
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Women. |
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Greece -- Sparta (Extinct city) |
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Sparta (Extinct city) -- Social conditions.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Women. |
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Womyn. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Pomeroy, Sarah B. Spartan women. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002 0195130669 9780195130669 (DLC) 2001055961 (OCoLC)48399023 |
| ISBN |
9780198030003 (electronic book) |
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0198030002 (electronic book) |
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9780195130669 (cloth) |
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0195130669 (cloth) |
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9780195130676 (paperback) |
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0195130677 (paperback) |
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