Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-221) and index.
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.