Warrior women
Subtitle: the anonymous Tractatus de mulieribus
By: by Deborah Gera.
Series: Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava.; 162
Publisher: E.J. Brill
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Leiden; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
Subjects: Tractatus de mulieribus claris in bello.; Women -- Greece -- History.; Women soldiers -- Greece -- History.; Queens -- Greece -- History.
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-236) and indexes.