Women in the Ancient Mediterranean World
Women in the Ancient Mediterranean World
In this book, Guy D. Middleton explores the fascinating lives of thirty real women of the ancient Mediterranean from the Palaeolithic to the Byzantine era. They include queens and aristocrats, such as the Pharoah Hatshepsut and the Etruscan noblewoman Seianti;Â Eritha and Karpathia, Bronze Age priestesses from the Aegean;Â a Pompeiian prostitute called Eutychis; the pagan philosopher Hypatia and the Christian saint Perpetua, from North Africa, as well as women from smaller communities. Middleton uses a wide range of archaeological and historical evidence, including burials and funerary practices, graffiti, inscriptions and painted pottery, handprints, human remains and a variety of historical texts, as well as the latest modern research. His volume weaves together the stories of real women, placing them firmly in the spotlight of history. Engagingly written and up-to-date in its scholarship, Middleton's book offers new insights for students and researchers in Ancient History, Archaeology and Mediterranean Studies, as well as in Women's History.
- Uncovers and explores the lives of real ancient women (not goddesses or mythical women) through a range of evidence-types and sources
- Provides unique coverage of Mediterranean history through the lives of women from different cultures and times
- Refers to real women from a range of backgrounds and social statuses, emphasizing to readers the importance of the lives of women of all classes
Product details
February 2023Paperback
9781108703833
314 pages
253 × 176 × 15 mm
0.66kg
Available
Table of Contents
- I. The Deep Past:
- 1. Women in caves
- 2. A woman of Çatalhöyük
- 3. A woman of Gozo
- II. The Bronze Age:
- 4. Merneith
- 5. Å imatum and Kirum
- 6. The woman of Almoloya
- 7. The priestess of Anemospilia
- 8. Hatshepsut
- 9. Puduhepa
- 10. Eritha and Karpathia
- 11. Hatiba
- III. The Iron Age:
- 12. Naunakhte
- 13. Herse
- 14. Pkpupes
- 15. Atossa
- 16. The Princess of Vix
- 17. Aristonice
- 18. Neaira
- 19. Phanostrate
- IV. The Hellenistic and Roman Worlds:
- 20. Olympias
- 21. Seianti Hanunia Tlesnasa
- 22. Terentia
- 23. Mariamne
- V. The Age of Empire:
- 24. Cleopatra Selene
- 25. Eutychis
- 26. Achillia and Amazon
- 27. Perpetua
- 28. Zenobia
- 29. Hypatia
- 30. Theodora.
