Selected by Choice as a 2013 Outstanding Academic Title
Awarded a 2013 PROSE Honorable Mention as a Single Volume Reference/Humanities & Social Sciences

A Companion to Women in the Ancient World presents an interdisciplinary, methodologically-based collection of newly-commissioned essays from prominent scholars on the study of women in the ancient world.

• The first interdisciplinary, methodologically-based collection of readings to address the study of women in the ancient world
• Explores a broad range of topics relating to women in antiquity, including: Mother-Goddess Theory; Women in Homer, Pre-Roman Italy, the Near East; Women and the Family, the State, and Religion; Dress and Adornment; Female Patronage; Hellenistic Queens; Imperial Women; Women in Late Antiquity; Early Women Saints; and many more
• Thematically arranged to emphasize the importance of historical themes of continuity, development, and innovation
• Reconsiders much of the well-known evidence and preconceived notions relating to women in antiquity

• Includes contributions from many of the most prominent scholars associated with the study of women in antiquity

• 荣获2013年PROSE单卷参考文献/人文社会科学类荣誉奖
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• 古代世界中的妇女》是一本跨学科、基于方法论的文集，收录了知名学者关于古代世界中妇女研究的新委托文章。
• 这是第一部跨学科的、以方法论为基础的关于古代世界妇女研究的读物集。
• 探讨了与古代妇女有关的广泛的主题，包括。母亲-女神理论；荷马、前罗马意大利、近东的妇女；妇女与家庭、国家和宗教；服饰和装饰；女性赞助；希腊化女王；帝国妇女；古代晚期的妇女；早期女圣徒；以及更多。
• 按主题排列，强调了连续性、发展和创新等历史主题的重要性
• 重新考虑了许多众所周知的证据和与古代妇女有关的先入为主的观念
• 包括许多与古代妇女研究有关的最杰出的学者的贡献