Women in Athenian Law and Life
Author: Roger Just
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2008-03-07
Total Pages: 258
ISBN-13: 1134931670
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book provides a comprehensive account of the Athenians' conception of women during the classical period of the fifth and fourth centuries BC. Though nothing remains that represents the authentic voice of the women themselves, there is a wealth of evidence showing how men sought to define women. By working through a range of material, from the provisions of Athenian law through to the representations of tragedy and comedy, the author builds up, in the manner of an anthropological ethnography, a coherent and integrated picture of the Athenians' notion of `woman'.