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Author Salisbury, Joyce E.

Title Encyclopedia of women in the ancient world / Joyce E. Salisbury ; foreword by Mary Lefkowitz
Published Santa Barbara, Calif. ; Oxford : ABC-Clio, [2001]
©2001

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 MELB  305.4090103 Sal/Eow  AVAILABLE
Description xxvi, 440 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 26 cm
regular print
Series ABC-CLIO E-Books
ABC-CLIO E-Books.
Contents Abortion -- Agnes -- Agrippina the Elder -- Agrippina the Younger -- Alexandra Salome -- Amazons -- Anna -- Anyte of Tegea -- Aphrodite -- Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles -- Aristodama of Smyrna -- Arsinoe II -- Arsinoe III -- Artemis -- Artemisia -- Artists Hellenistic -- Asella -- Aspasia -- Athena -- Bathsheba -- (Julia) Berenice -- Berenice I -- Berenice II -- Blaesilla -- Blandina -- Boudicca -- Caerellia -- Calpurnia -- Cartimandua -- Cassandra -- Catal Huyuk -- Ceres -- Christian Women -- Cleopatra I The Syrian -- Cleopatra II -- Cleopatra III -- Cleopatra V Selene -- Cleopatra VII -- Cleopatra Selene Apene -- Cleopatra Thea -- Clodia -- Cloelia -- Clothing -- Clytemnestra -- Constantina -- Contraception -- Corinna of Tanagra -- Cornelia Roman Matron -- Cornelia Wife of Roman Dictator -- Cosmetics -- Cybele -- Danae -- Daphne -- Deborah -- Delilah -- Delphic Oracle -- Demeter -- Diana -- Dido -- Dinah -- Diotima of Mantinea -- Dynamis -- Egeria -- Egyptian Women -- Electra -- Elen Luyddog -- Elizabeth -- Enheduanna -- Erinna of Telos -- Esther -- Etruscan Women -- Eudocia -- Eudoxia -- Eulalia of Merida -- Euphrosyne Castissima -- Europa -- Eurydice -- Eurydice I -- Eustochium -- Eve -- Fausta -- Faustina the Younger -- Felicity -- Flaccilla -- Fulvia -- Gaea -- Galla Placidia -- Germanic Tribal Women -- Glaphyra -- Greek Heroine Cults -- Greek Athenian Women -- Gynecology -- Hagnodice -- Hannah -- Hatshepsut -- Helen of Troy in Greek Mythology -- Helena -- Hera -- Herodias -- Hestia -- Hipparchia -- Honoria -- Hortensia -- Hypatia -- Io -- Ishtar -- Isis -- Jewelry -- Jewish Women -- Jezebel -- Judith -- Julia
Julia Domna -- Julia Maesa -- Julia Mamaea -- Junia -- Juno -- Justina -- Laodice I -- Leah -- Leontium -- Livia -- Lucretia -- Lydia -- Maccabean Martyrs -- Macha Mong Ruadh -- Macrina the Younger -- Maenads -- Marcella -- Marcia -- Maria -- Mariamne -- Martha Christian Woman -- Martha Persian Martyr -- Martyrs -- Mary -- Mary Magdalene -- Mary of Egypt -- Medb -- Medea -- Medusa -- Melania the Elder -- Melania the Younger -- Meryt Neith -- Messalina -- Minerva -- Minoan Women -- Miriam -- Monica -- Motherhood Roman -- Muses -- Mythology -- Naomi -- Nefertiti -- Niobe -- Nitocris -- Nossis of Locri -- Nymphs -- Octavia -- Olympias Christian Deaconess -- Olympias Macedonian Queen -- Olympic Games -- Pamphila -- Pandora -- Pasiphae -- Paula -- Paulina -- Pelagia -- Penelope -- Perpetua the Martyr -- Persian Women -- Phila -- Philomela -- Philosophers Greek -- Plancia Magna -- Plotina -- Pompeia -- Poppaea Sabina -- Porcia -- Prisca -- Proba -- Prostitution -- Prostitution Sacred -- Pudentilla -- Pulcheria -- Rachel -- Rahab -- Rebekah -- Rhea Silvia -- Rizpah -- Roman Women -- Ruth -- Sabina -- Sabine Women -- Salome I -- Salome II -- Sappho of Lesbos -- Sarah -- Sarai -- Servilia -- Sexuality -- Sibyls -- Sirens -- Sobeknofru -- Sophoniba -- Sosipatra -- Spartan Women -- Stone Age Art -- Stratonice I -- Sulpicia -- Susanna -- Tabitha -- Tarbo -- Terentia -- Teuta -- Thais -- Theano -- Thecla -- Thekla -- Tiy -- Tullia -- Turia -- Twosret -- Valeria -- Venus -- Verginia -- Vestal Virgins -- Veturia -- Work -- Xanthippe -- Zenobia -- Zipporah
Summary "Why did Cleopatra seduce Julius Caesar and Mark Antony, engulfing the Roman Empire in bloody civil war? What historical evidence substantiates tales of sexual rites in Babylonian temples? How could the Greek women who served the god Apollo at Delphi utter pronouncements that changed the course of history? Why has the story of the Amazons fascinated both ancient and modern societies?" "This extensive and engaging A-to-Z encyclopedia, illustrated with many rare and revealing images, tells the stories of the famous and the ordinary, treating subjects as diverse as Greek heroine cults, the daily life of the German warrior women, and the intrigue, glory, and power of ancient Rome's imperial women. Hundreds of well-researched entries, each with suggestions for further reading, give a rounded view of the lives of women in the ancient world."--BOOK JACKET
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Women -- History -- To 500 -- Encyclopedias
Women -- To 500 -- Biography -- Encyclopedias
Women -- History -- To 500 -- Encyclopedias.
Women -- To 500 -- Biography -- Encyclopedias
Civilization, Ancient -- Encyclopedias.
Genre/Form Biographie
Wörterbuch
Encyclopedias.
History.
Reference works.
Reference works.
Encyclopedias.
Biographies.
LC no. 00013117
ISBN 1576075850 e-book alkaline paper
1576070921 hardcover alkaline paper
Other Titles Women in the ancient world