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Sue Blundell

Autor(a) de Women in Ancient Greece

6+ Works 199 Membros 2 Críticas

About the Author

Includes the name: Susan Blundell

Obras por Sue Blundell

Associated Works

A Companion to Greek Art (2018) — Contribuidor — 14 exemplares
Medea (Literary Companion Series) (2000) — Contribuidor — 10 exemplares
Greek Art in View: Essays in Honour of Brian Sparkes (2004) — Contribuidor — 1 exemplar

Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Data de nascimento
1947-08-04
Sexo
female

Membros

Críticas

This very readable book gives as good a look as possible at the position of women in Archaic and Classical Athens. As women's writings from this time haven't survived, the author looks at legal documents, literature and sculpture as ways of understanding women's lives. At the same time, she is careful to note that her sources, with the single exception of Sappho, are male and biased. The concluding pages on the Hellenistic era make one wish she hadn't decided to stop her story with the rise of Macedonia.… (mais)
 
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le.vert.galant | Jan 26, 2015 |
This is a short and lucid introduction to women's lives in Athens during the classical period, using sculpture (including the Parthenon sculptures in the British Museum), pottery and writings as starting points to different aspects of women's lives.
 
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mari_reads | Nov 2, 2014 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
6
Also by
4
Membros
199
Popularidade
#110,457
Avaliação
3.8
Críticas
2
ISBN
12
Línguas
1

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