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Daughters of Gaia : women in the ancient Mediterranean world / Bella Vivante.

By: Series: Praeger series on the ancient worldPublication details: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, c2007.Description: xxxi, 230 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0275982491 :
Other title:
  • Women in the ancient Mediterranean world
  • Daughters of Gaia : Women in the ancient Mediterranean world
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HQ1127 .V56 2007
Contents:
Ancient Mediterranean civilizations timeline -- Introduction -- Ancient goddesses : the primacy of female divinity -- Sanctifying women's lives : ancient women's rituals -- A woman's life in ancient cultures -- Health and medicine -- From home to market : the economic bases of women's lives -- From matrons to female kings : women who ruled from home and from the throne -- Women and war : symbol, object and warrior -- In her own voice 1 : women's philosophical writings -- In her own voice 2 : women's poetry.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-221) and index.

Ancient Mediterranean civilizations timeline -- Introduction -- Ancient goddesses : the primacy of female divinity -- Sanctifying women's lives : ancient women's rituals -- A woman's life in ancient cultures -- Health and medicine -- From home to market : the economic bases of women's lives -- From matrons to female kings : women who ruled from home and from the throne -- Women and war : symbol, object and warrior -- In her own voice 1 : women's philosophical writings -- In her own voice 2 : women's poetry.

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