Women in Ancient Societies An Illusion of the Night
This collection of essays represents research currently being undertaken on women's lives and their representations in various ancient societies. It provides a forum for the exchange and development of ideas and methods at a crucial period in the growth o
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Also by Leonie J. Archer HER PRICE IS BEYOND RUBIES: The Jewish Woman in Graeco-Roman Palestine SLAVERY AND OTHER FORMS OF UNFREE LABOUR (editor)
Women in Ancient Societies An Illusion of the Night Edited by
Leonie J. Archer Research Fellow in Energy and the Environment, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies
Susan Fischler Lecturer in Ancient History, University of Birmingham
and
Maria Wyke Honorary Research Fellow, University College, London
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MACMILLAN
ISBN 978-0-333-52397-1 ISBN 978-1-349-23336-6 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-349-23336-6
Editorial matter and selection© Leonie J. Archer, Susan Fischler and Maria Wyke 1994 Text © The Macmillan Press Ltd 1994 Reprint of the original edition 1994 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with ~ritten permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London WI P 9HE. Any person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. First published 1994 by THE MACMILLAN PRESS LTD Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 2XS and London Companies and representatives throughout the world ISBN 978-0-333-52397- 1 paperback
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Contents List of Plates
vii
Acknowledgements
IX
Notes on the Contributors
X
Introduction
xiv
1
Gender Bias in Archaeology Lucia Nixon
2
Women in Ancient Egyptian Wisdom Literature Annette Depla
3
Notions of Community and the Exclusion of the Female in Jewish History and Historiography Leonie J. Archer
4
The Problem of Women Philosophers in Ancient Greece Richard Hawley
5
An Ancient Theory of Gender: Plato and the Pythagorean Table Sabina Lovibond
6
Producing Woman: Hippocratic Gynaecology Helen King
7
Social Stereotypes and Historical Analysis: The Case of the Imperial Women at Rome Susan Fischler
115
8
Woman in the Mirror: The Rhetoric of Adornment in the Roman World Maria Wyke
134
9
Early Christianity and the Discourse of Female Desire A veri[ Cameron
10
Reading Between the Lines: Sarah and the Sacrifice of Isaac (Genesis, Chapter 22) Sebastian Brock
v
24
53 70
88 102
152
169
Contents
Vl
11
Public and Private Forms of Religious Commitment among Byzantine Women Judith Herrin
12
Women in Anglo-Saxon Poetry Fiona Gameson
13
Recycling Ancient Material: An Orthodox View of Hindu Women Julia Leslie
14
181 204
233
The Witch and the Wife: A Comparative Study of Theocritus, Idyll2, Simonides, Idyll 15 and Fatal Attraction 252 Laura Gibbs-Wichrowska General Bibliography
269
Bibliography of Works Cited
271
Index
302
List of Plates 1.
Funerary relief depicting process of adornment. Third century AD, from Gallia Belgica. Reproduction
