A Companion to Women in the Ancient World presents an interdisciplinary, methodologically-based collection of newly-commissioned essays from prominent scholars on the study of women in the ancient world. * The first interdisciplinary, methodologically-based collection of readings to address the study of women in the ancient world * Explores a broad range of topics relating to women in antiquity, including: Mother-Goddess Theory; Women in Homer, Pre-Roman Italy, the Near East; Women and the Family, the State, and Religion; Dress and Adornment; Female Patronage; Hellenistic Queens; Imperial Women; Women in Late Antiquity; Early Women Saints; and many more * Thematically arranged to emphasize the importance of historical themes of continuity, development, and innovation * Reconsiders much of the well-known evidence and preconceived notions relating to women in antiquity * Includes contributions from many of the most prominent scholars associated with the study of women in antiquity

InhaltsangabeList of Illustrations List of Maps List of Contributors Preface and Acknowledgements Abbreviations Glossary of Terms Introduction Part I: Women Outside Athens and Rome Part II: The Archaic and Classical Periods Part III: Women in a Cosmopolitan World: The Hellenistic and Late Republican Periods Part IV: The Beginnings of Empire Part V: From Empire to Christianity Appendix: Women in Late Antiquity: A Bibliography Bibliography Index of Women Museum Index Index

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