Daughters of Gaia
Subtitle: women in the ancient Mediterranean world
By: Bella Vivante.
Series: Praeger series on the ancient world
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 230
ISBN-13: 9780275982492
Subjects: Women -- History -- To 500.; Women -- Mediterranean Region -- History.; Civilization, Classical.; Women -- Mediterranean Region -- Social conditions -- History.; Sex role -- Mediterranean Region -- History.
Other titles: Women in the ancient Mediterranean world
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-221) and index.
Table of contents: value: Ancient Mediterranean civilizations timeline; value: Introduction; value: Ancient goddesses : the primacy of female divinity; value: Sanctifying women's lives : ancient women's rituals; value: A woman's life in ancient cultures; value: Health and medicine; value: From home to market : the economic bases of women's lives; value: From matrons to female kings : women who ruled from home and from the throne; value: Women and war : symbol, object and warrior; value: In her own voice 1 : women's philosophical writings; value: In her own voice 2 : women's poetry.