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Goddesses, Whores, Wives and Slaves: Women in Classical Antiquity

Sarah B Pomeroy

‘The classic, groundbreaking account of women’s lives in Greece and Rome’ Mary Beard For centuries, half the ancient world remained invisible – until Sarah Pomeroy’s pioneering history, which at last…

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Benjamin Franklin, Swimmer

Sarah B. Pomeroy

"This is the first book that focuses on Benjamin Franklin as a swimmer. Franklin thought swimming a valuable activity and swam whenever he could wherever he was. We can see…

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Women in Hellenistic Egypt: From Alexander to Cleopatra

Sarah B. Pomeroy

Using evidence from a wide array of sources, Sarah Pomeroy discusses women ranging from queens such as Arsinoe II and Cleopatra VII to Jewish slaves working on a Greek estate.

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Families in Classical and Hellenistic Greece: Representations and Realities

Sarah B. Pomeroy

An account of the Greek family as a productive and reproductive social unit during the Hellenistic and Classical periods. The evidence for the work has been taken from literary, inscriptional…

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The Murder of Regilla: A Case of Domestic Violence in Antiquity

Sarah B. Pomeroy

Regilla was married at age 15 to wealthy Greek Herodes. Twenty years later, eight months pregnant with her sixth child, she died under mysterious circumstances from a blow delivered by…

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Pythagorean Women: Their History and Writings

Sarah B. Pomeroy

Pomeroy sets the Pythagorean and Neopythagorean women vividly in their historical, ecological, and intellectual contexts, illustrated with original photographs of sites and artifacts known to these women.

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Plutarch’s Advice to the Bride and Groom and A Consolation to His Wife: English Translations, Commentary, Interpretive Essays, and Bibliography

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This collection of essays has a commentary and evaluative bibliography on Plutarch. With the original text and translation, it is designed to help readers understand and appreciate two sources for…

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Oeconomicus: A Social and Historical Commentary, with a New English Translation

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This is a commentary on the work of a major Greek prose author. Xenophon’s Oeconomicus is a discussion on the economics of running a household in ancient Athens.

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Women’s History and Ancient History

S.B. Pomeroy

Explores the lives and roles of women in antiquity. A recurring theme is the relationship between private and public, and many of the essays find that women’s public roles develop…

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Maria Sibylla Merian - Artist, Scientist, Adventurer

Sarah B. Pomeroy,Jeyaraney Kathirithamby

Science and art combine in this captivating, lushly illustrated biography of Maria Sibylla Merian, one of the world’s first entomologists, who was also a botanist, naturalist and a celebrated artist.

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Spartan Women

Sarah B. Pomeroy (Distinguished Professor of Classics, Distinguished Professor of Classics, Hunter College, City University of New York)

In this book, Sarah Pomeroy 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…

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Women in the Classical World: Image and Text

Elaine Fantham,Helene Peet Foley,Natalie Boymel Kampen,Sarah B. Pomeroy,H. A. Shapiro

Women in the Classical World gathers primary written and visual sources on the lives of ancient women and presents them in a chronological sequence, within their historical and cultural contexts.

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A Brief History of Ancient Greece: Politics, Society, and Culture

Sarah B. Pomeroy,Stanley M. Burstein,Walter Donlan,Jennifer Tolbert Roberts,David W. Tandy

Comprehensive and balanced, this condensed version of Ancient Greece: A Political, Social, and Cultural History introduces the history and civilization of ancient Greece in all its complexity and variety.

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Women’s Realities, Women’s Choices: An Introduction to Women’s Studies

Sarah Chinn,Linda Martin Alcoff,Jacqueline Nassy Brown,Florence Denmark,Dorothy O. Helly

This landmark text introduces readers to the field of women’s studies by analyzing the contradictions between social and cultural givens and the realities that women face in society. Written collectively…

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