Women and Society in Greek and Roman Egypt: A Sourcebook (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for Women and Society in Greek and Roman Egypt Eleven leading scholars have collaborated to present over 300 texts translated from Greek and Egyptian, documenting the lives of women within Egyptian society from its rule by the Macedonian Ptolemaic dynasty to its incorporation into the Roman and Byzantine empires.
Full description- Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Published: 01 December 1998
- Format: Paperback 432 pages
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- Categories: Cultural Studies | Gender Studies: Women | General & World History | Ancient History: To C 500 CE | Social & Cultural History
- ISBN 13: 9780521588157 ISBN 10: 0521588154
- Sales rank: 1,078,150
Full description for Women and Society in Greek and Roman Egypt
The period of Egyptian history from its rule by the Macedonian Ptolemaic dynasty to its incorporation into the Roman and Byzantine empires has left a wealth of evidence for the lives of ordinary men and women. Texts (often personal letters) written on papyrus and other materials, objects of everyday use and funerary portraits have survived from the Graeco-Roman period of Egyptian history. But much of this unparalleled resource has been available only to specialists because of the difficulty of reading and interpreting it. Now eleven leading scholars in this field have collaborated to make available to students and other non-specialists a selection of over three hundred texts translated from Greek and Egyptian, as well as more than fifty illustrations, documenting the lives of women within this society, from queens to priestesses, property-owners to slave-girls, from birth through motherhood to death. Each item is accompanied by full explanatory notes and bibliographical references.
