Goddesses, Whores, Wives and Slaves: Women in Classical Antiquity by Sarah B. Pomeroy, Sarah B. Pomeroy

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

Sarah B. Pomeroy, Sarah B. Pomeroy

265 pages paperback 1975

12 editions

nonfiction feminism history challenging informative medium-paced
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What did women do in Ancient Greece and Rome? Did Socrates' wife Xanthippe ever hear his dialogues on beauty and truth? How many women read the histories of Herodotus and Thucydides? When pagan goddesses were as powerful as gods, why was the statu...

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