Warrior Women

The Anonymous Tractatus de Mulieribus
Erscheinungsjahr 1996
ISBN: 978-90-04-10665-9
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 162, 252 Seiten, Format (B × H): 165 mm x 248 mm, Gewicht: 617 g

Reihe: Mnemosyne, Supplements

This study analyzes the anonymous Tractatus de Mulieribus, a brief, virtually unknown Greek work, telling of fourteen outstanding women, Greek and barbarian, notable for their intelligence, initiative and courage.
The first part of the book is a comprehensive introduction to the treatise and includes - in addition to the original text and an English translation - an examination of both the content and form of De Mulieribus, particularly as a catalogue of women. The times, methods, and purposes of the anonymous author are also investigated. Commentary-essays on the individual women then follow. A wide variety of sources are utilized in order to sketch the fullest possible portrait of each of these lively women.
This book, the very first study of De Mulieribus, is a useful introduction to a remarkable treatise.

Zielgruppe

All those interested in ancient history, gender studies, the Ancient Near East, and classical philology.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gera, D.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie

Über Autor(innen)

Deborah Levine Gera, D.Phil. (1987) in Classics, University of Oxford, is a Lecturer in Classics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She is the author of Xenophon's Cyropaedia: Style, Genre, and Literary Technique, (Oxford University Press, 1993).