Daughters of Gaia: women in the ancient Mediterranean world/
Women in the ancient Mediterranean world
Bella Vivante.
- Westport, Conn.: Praeger, 2007.
- xxxi, 230 p.: ill., maps; 25 cm.
- Praeger series on the ancient world, .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-221) and index.
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.
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