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An extensive and fascinating collection of stories featuring both famous and everyday women, giving a well-rounded view of the lives of women in the ancient world.

When did women first become rulers, athletes, soldiers, heroines, and villains? They always were, observes historian Judith Salisbury. From Mesopotamian priestesses and poets to Egyptian queens and consorts, "there was never a time when women did not participate in all aspects of society."

Salisbury tells the stories of 150 women from the ancient world, ranging from the very famous, such as Cleopatra VII, immortalized by Hollywood, to the barely remembered, such as the Roman poet Nossis. Writing for a general audience, Salisbury begins by painting each woman into her historical context, then recounts each woman's story, describing the choices she made as she looked for happiness, wealth, power, or well-being for herself and her family--stories much like our own. In entries on general themes--clothing, cosmetics, work, sexuality, prostitution, gynecology--Salisbury analyzes the commonalties in the lives of these women of antiquity from a cross-cultural perspective.

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• List of Entries by Category(p. xi)
• Foreword(p. xv)
• Preface(p. xvii)
• Acknowledgments(p. xxi)
• Genealogical Charts(p. xxiii)
• Maps(p. xxvi)
• Abortion(p. 1)
• Agnes(p. 2)
• Agrippina the Elder(p. 3)
• Agrippina the Younger(p. 3)
• Alexandra Salome(p. 6)
• Amazons(p. 7)
• Anna(p. 9)
• Anyte of Tegea(p. 10)
• Aphrodite(p. 10)
• Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles(p. 12)
• Aristodama of Smyrna(p. 15)
• Arsinoe II(p. 15)
• Arsinoe III(p. 18)
• Artemis(p. 18)
• Artemisia(p. 20)
• Artists, Hellenistic(p. 21)
• Asella(p. 21)
• Aspasia(p. 23)
• Athena(p. 24)
• Bathsheba(p. 27)
• (Julia) Berenice(p. 28)
• Berenice I(p. 30)
• Berenice II(p. 31)
• Blaesilla(p. 32)
• Blandina(p. 33)
• Boudicca(p. 34)
• Caerellia(p. 39)
• Calpurnia(p. 39)
• Cartimandua(p. 41)
• Cassandra(p. 41)
• Catal Huyuk(p. 42)
• Ceres(p. 44)
• Christian Women(p. 44)
• Cleopatra I ("The Syrian")(p. 48)
• Cleopatra II(p. 49)
• Cleopatra III(p. 50)
• Cleopatra V Selene(p. 51)
• Cleopatra VII(p. 52)
• Cleopatra Selene Apene(p. 54)
• Cleopatra Thea(p. 55)
• Clodia(p. 57)
• Cloelia(p. 58)
• Clothing(p. 60)
• Clytemnestra(p. 66)
• Constantina(p. 67)
• Contraception(p. 68)
• Corinna of Tanagra(p. 69)
• Cornelia [Roman Matron](p. 70)
• Cornelia [Wife of Roman Dictator](p. 71)
• Cosmetics(p. 72)
• Cybele(p. 74)
• Danae(p. 77)
• Daphne(p. 78)
• Deborah(p. 78)
• Delilah(p. 80)
• Delphic Oracle(p. 82)
• Demeter(p. 83)
• Diana(p. 84)
• Dido(p. 85)
• Dinah(p. 86)
• Diotima of Mantinea(p. 87)
• Dynamis(p. 89)
• Egeria(p. 91)
• Egyptian Women(p. 92)
• Electra(p. 98)
• Elen Luyddog(p. 99)
• Elizabeth(p. 100)
• Enheduanna(p. 101)
• Erinna of Telos(p. 103)
• Esther(p. 103)
• Etruscan Women(p. 106)
• Eudocia(p. 108)
• Eudoxia(p. 110)
• Eulalia of Merida(p. 111)
• Euphrosyne (Castissima)(p. 112)
• Europa(p. 114)
• Eurydice(p. 116)
• Eurydice I(p. 116)
• Eustochium(p. 118)
• Eve(p. 119)
• Fausta(p. 123)
• Faustina the Younger(p. 123)
• Felicity(p. 125)
• Flaccilla(p. 126)
• Fulvia(p. 128)
• Gaea(p. 131)
• Galla Placidia(p. 132)
• Germanic Tribal Women(p. 134)
• Glaphyra(p. 137)
• Greek Heroine Cults(p. 138)
• Greek (Athenian) Women(p. 139)
• Gynecology(p. 142)
• Hagnodice(p. 147)
• Hannah(p. 147)
• Hatshepsut(p. 148)
• Helen of Troy in Greek Mythology(p. 151)
• Helena(p. 153)
• Hera(p. 155)
• Herodias(p. 156)
• Hestia(p. 157)
• Hipparchia(p. 158)
• Honoria(p. 160)
• Hortensia(p. 161)
• Hypatia(p. 162)
• Io(p. 165)
• Ishtar(p. 165)
• Isis(p. 166)
• Jewelry(p. 171)
• Jewish Women(p. 175)
• Jezebel(p. 177)
• Judith(p. 178)
• Julia(p. 180)
• Julia Domna(p. 182)
• Julia Maesa(p. 183)
• Julia Mamaea(p. 185)
• Junia(p. 186)
• Juno(p. 187)
• Justina(p. 188)
• Laodice I(p. 191)
• Leah(p. 192)
• Leontium(p. 192)
• Livia(p. 194)
• Lucretia(p. 196)
• Lydia(p. 197)
• Maccabean Martyrs(p. 199)
• Macha Mong Ruadh(p. 200)
• Macrina the Younger(p. 201)
• Maenads(p. 202)
• Marcella(p. 203)
• Marcia(p. 205)
• Maria(p. 207)
• Mariamne(p. 208)
• Martha [Christian Woman](p. 210)
• Martha [Persian Martyr](p. 211)
• Martyrs(p. 212)
• Mary(p. 215)
• Mary Magdalene(p. 216)
• Mary of Egypt(p. 218)
• Medb(p. 219)
• Medea(p. 221)
• Medusa(p. 223)
• Melania the Elder(p. 223)
• Melania the Younger(p. 225)
• Meryt-Neith(p. 226)
• Messalina(p. 227)
• Minerva(p. 229)
• Minoan Women(p. 229)
• Miriam(p. 231)
• Monica(p. 233)
• Motherhood, Roman(p. 234)
• Muses(p. 238)
• Mythology(p. 239)
• Naomi(p. 245)
• Nefertiti(p. 246)
• Niobe(p. 248)
• Nitocris(p. 248)
• Nossis of Locri(p. 250)
• Nymphs(p. 251)
• Octavia(p. 253)
• Olympias [Christian Deaconess](p. 254)
• Olympias [Macedonian Queen](p. 256)
• Olympic Games(p. 257)
• Pamphila(p. 261)
• Pandora(p. 261)
• Pasiphae(p. 263)
• Paula(p. 263)
• Paulina(p. 265)
• Pelagia(p. 266)
• Penelope(p. 268)
• Perpetua the Martyr(p. 268)
• Persian Women(p. 270)
• Phila(p. 274)
• Philomela(p. 275)
• Philosophers, Greek(p. 276)
• Plancia Magna(p. 279)
• Plotina(p. 281)
• Pompeia(p. 283)
• Poppaea Sabina(p. 284)
• Porcia(p. 285)
• Prisca(p. 287)
• Proba(p. 287)
• Prostitution(p. 289)
• Prostitution, Sacred(p. 292)
• Pudentilla(p. 293)
• Pulcheria(p. 295)
• Rachel(p. 299)
• Rahab(p. 300)
• Rebekah(p. 301)
• Rhea Silvia(p. 302)
• Rizpah(p. 303)
• Roman Women(p. 304)
• Ruth(p. 309)
• Sabina(p. 311)
• Sabine Women(p. 312)
• Salome I(p. 314)
• Salome II(p. 315)
• Sappho of Lesbos(p. 316)
• Sarah (also Sarai)(p. 317)
• Servilia(p. 319)
• Sexuality(p. 321)
• Sibyls(p. 324)
• Sirens(p. 325)
• Sobeknofru(p. 327)
• Sophoniba(p. 327)
• Sosipatra(p. 329)
• Spartan Women(p. 330)
• Stone Age Art(p. 332)
• Stratonice I(p. 334)
• Sulpicia(p. 335)
• Susanna(p. 337)
• Tabitha(p. 341)
• Tarbo(p. 342)
• Terentia(p. 343)
• Teuta(p. 345)
• Thais(p. 346)
• Theano(p. 347)
• Thecla(p. 348)
• Thekla(p. 350)
• Tiy(p. 351)
• Tullia(p. 353)
• Turia(p. 354)
• Twosret(p. 355)
• Valeria(p. 357)
• Venus(p. 358)
• Verginia(p. 359)
• Vestal Virgins(p. 360)
• Veturia(p. 362)
• Work(p. 365)
• Xanthippe(p. 369)
• Zenobia(p. 371)
• Zipporah(p. 372)
• Index(p. 375)
• About the Author(p. 385)

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CHOICE Review

Salisbury's encyclopedia provides general readers with entries ranging from biographies of women and female mythological entities to general cultural and cross-cultural subjects dating from roughly 3000 BCE to 500 CE. Most entries feature Persian, Greek, and Roman women, but there are Germanic and Celtic representatives as well. All entries begin with a few paragraphs that place the subject in historical context and end with cross-references and suggested readings. Excellent maps, genealogical charts, and indexing make the work easy to use, while the prose style entices readers to delve into the content. Other multivolume works provide greater detail about the role women have played throughout history, but none encapsulates so well the lives of women in ancient times in one volume, nor do other works provide a Web site (Sophia, ) that supports and enhances the material. General and undergraduate readers. M. Brunsdale Illinois State University

Booklist Review

This world as defined here is the ancient Mediterranean world, with Persia and a little of northern Europe and the British Isles added. The period covered is from prehistory to approximately A.D. 500. The cutoff date means that Theodora, who ruled the Byzantine world with Justinian in the mid-500s and is one of the best known "women of the ancient world," is not included. However, there are more than enough other interesting women to make the work useful. The approximately 230 A-Z entries range from a few paragraphs to several double-columned pages, with the average being about three columns. They cover individual women, whether historical (Aspasia, Boudicca, Hatshepsut, Livia), mythological (Artemis, Isis), or biblical (Eve, Ruth), and a number of cultural and social topics, including Contraception, Jewelry, Prostitution, and Work. There are entries devoted to various groups, including Jewish women, Persian women, and Roman women. Each entry includes see also references and suggestions for further reading. Some articles are illustrated with photographs of statues, coins, or frescoes. The volume also contains maps and genealogical charts. A list of "Entries by Category" complements the index by grouping entries under cultural group or region. One error was noted. In the entry Danae, Acrisius is referred to as Perseus' father, when he was in fact the hero's grandfather. Variant spellings, especially from non-Roman alphabets (e.g., Rebekah instead of Rebecca), may cause confusion. This volume should be helpful to high-school students, undergraduates, and general readers. Other titles, such as Biographical Dictionary of Ancient Greek and Roman Women (Facts On File, 2000), cover some of the same ground, but Encyclopedia of Women in the Ancient World is broader in scope.

Notas de autor provistas por Syndetics

Joyce Salisbury, Frankenthal Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin, Green Bay
Mary Lefkowitz, the Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities at Wellesley College