Encyclopedia of women in the ancient world
This extensive and engaging A-to-Z encyclopedia, illustrated with many rare and revealing images, tells the stories of the famous and the ordinary, treating subjects as diverse as Greek heroine cults, the daily life of the German warrior women and the intrigue, glory and power of ancient Romeʼs imperial women. Hundreds of well-researched entries, each with suggestions for further reading, give a rounded view of the lives of women in the ancient world
Reference sources
xxiii, 385 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.
9781576070925, 9781576075852, 1576070921, 1576075850
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Abortion
Agnes
Agrippina the Elder
Agrippina the Younger
Alexandra Salome
Amazons
Anna
Anyte of Tegea
Aphrodite
Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles
Aristodama of Smyrna
Arsinoe II
Arsinoe III
Artemis
Artemisia
Artists Hellenistic
Asella
Aspasia
Athena
Bathsheba
(Julia) Berenice
Berenice I
Berenice II
Blaesilla
Blandina
Boudicca
Caerellia
Calpurnia
Cartimandua
Cassandra
Catal Huyuk
Ceres
Christian Women
Cleopatra I The Syrian
Cleopatra II
Cleopatra III
Cleopatra V Selene
Cleopatra VII
Cleopatra Selene Apene
Cleopatra Thea
Clodia
Cloelia
Clothing
Clytemnestra
Constantina
Contraception
Corinna of Tanagra
Cornelia Roman Matron
Cornelia Wife of Roman Dictator
Cosmetics
Cybele
Danae
Daphne
Deborah
Delilah
Delphic Oracle
Demeter
Diana
Dido
Dinah
Diotima of Mantinea
Dynamis
Egeria
Egyptian Women
Electra
Elen Luyddog
Elizabeth
Enheduanna
Erinna of Telos
Esther
Etruscan Women
Eudocia
Eudoxia
Eulalia of Merida
Euphrosyne Castissima
Europa
Eurydice
Eurydice I
Eustochium
Eve
Fausta
Faustina the Younger
Felicity
Flaccilla
Fulvia
Gaea
Galla Placidia
Germanic Tribal Women
Glaphyra
Greek Heroine Cults
Greek Athenian Women
Gynecology
Hagnodice
Hannah
Hatshepsut
Helen of Troy in Greek Mythology
Helena
Hera
Herodias
Hestia
Hipparchia
Honoria
Hortensia
Hypatia
Io
Ishtar
Isis
Jewelry
Jewish Women
Jezebel
Judith
Julia. Julia Domna
Julia Maesa
Julia Mamaea
Junia
Juno
Justina
Laodice I
Leah
Leontium
Livia
Lucretia
Lydia
Maccabean Martyrs
Macha Mong Ruadh
Macrina the Younger
Maenads
Marcella
Marcia
Maria
Mariamne
Martha Christian Woman
Martha Persian Martyr
Martyrs
Mary
Mary Magdalene
Mary of Egypt
Medb
Medea
Medusa
Melania the Elder
Melania the Younger
Meryt Neith
Messalina
Minerva
Minoan Women
Miriam
Monica
Motherhood Roman
Muses
Mythology
Naomi
Nefertiti
Niobe
Nitocris
Nossis of Locri
Nymphs
Octavia
Olympias Christian Deaconess
Olympias Macedonian Queen
Olympic Games
Pamphila
Pandora
Pasiphae
Paula
Paulina
Pelagia
Penelope
Perpetua the Martyr
Persian Women
Phila
Philomela
Philosophers Greek
Plancia Magna
Plotina
Pompeia
Poppaea Sabina
Porcia
Prisca
Proba
Prostitution
Prostitution Sacred
Pudentilla
Pulcheria
Rachel
Rahab
Rebekah
Rhea Silvia
Rizpah
Roman Women
Ruth
Sabina
Sabine Women
Salome I
Salome II
Sappho of Lesbos
Sarah
Sarai
Servilia
Sexuality
Sibyls
Sirens
Sobeknofru
Sophoniba
Sosipatra
Spartan Women
Stone Age Art
Stratonice I
Sulpicia
Susanna
Tabitha
Tarbo
Terentia
Teuta
Thais
Theano
Thecla
Thekla
Tiy
Tullia
Turia
Twosret
Valeria
Venus
Verginia
Vestal Virgins
Veturia
Work
Xanthippe
Zenobia
Zipporah