Women in Hellenistic Egypt

From Alexander to Cleopatra

By:

Sarah B Pomeroy

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Paperback / softback

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After its conquest in 331 B.C., Egypt became the center of the Hellenistic world, attracting men and women from other parts of the Mediterranean area. In this cosmopolitan and mobile society, Greek women of the ruling class had unprecedented opportunities and were able to employ some of the legal freedoms enjoyed by their Egyptian counterparts. Using evidence from a wide array of sources including literature, papyri, inscriptions, coins, and terra-cotta figurines, Sarah Pomeroy discusses women ranging from queens such as Arsinoë II and Cleopatra VII to Jewish slaves working on a Greek estate. This edition contains a new foreword, additional information, and an updated bibliography by the author.

Author Biography:

Sarah B. Pomeroy, a Ph.D. from Columbia University, is currently Professor of Classics and Women's Studies at Hunter College and at the Graduate School, City University of New York. She is an experienced papyrologist and wrote the first general book in English about women in antiquity: Goddesses, Whores, Wives, and Slaves.

Release date NZ

February 28th, 1990

Author

Sarah B Pomeroy

Audiences

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational
Undergraduate

Illustrations

illustrations

Pages

269

Dimensions

128x230x15

ISBN-13

9780814322307

Product ID

25215600

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