The Roman Mistress
Subtitle: Ancient and Modern Representations
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: October 29, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 468
ISBN-13: 9780199228331
Subjects: Cultural studies; European history: BCE to c 500 CE; Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Social history; Women's studies; History; History - General History; Latin; History: World; Ancient Rome; Ancient - Greece; Ancient, Classical & Medieval; History / Ancient / Greece; History and criticism; Love poetry, Latin; Mistresses; Rome; Women in literature
First sentence: A pressing and persistent problem confronts work on the women of ancient Rome: a need to determine the relation between the realities of women's lives and their representation in Latin literature.