Spartan women

Resource Information

The work Spartan women represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Waubonsee Community College. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Spartan women

Statement of responsibility

Sarah B. Pomeroy

Creator

• Pomeroy, Sarah B

Subject

• Famille
• Femme
• Frau
• Frau
• Greece -- Sparta (Extinct city)
• Griekse oudheid
• Social conditions
• Condition sociale
• Sparta
• Sparta (Extinct city) -- Social conditions
• Sparte (Ville ancienne)
• Vrouwen
• Women
• Women -- Greece | Sparta (Extinct city)
• Éducation
• Sozialgeschichte

Language

eng

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

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

305.4/09389

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

HQ1134

LC item number

.P66 2002

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography