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Description edit
Information about women is scattered throughout the fragmented mosaic of ancient history...the vivid poetry of Sappho survived antiquity on remnants of damaged papyrus...the inscription on a beautiful fourth century B.C.E. grave praises the virtues of Mnesarete, an Athenian woman who died... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Cicero: Add a description of this character.
- Elaine Fantham
- Natalie Kampen
- Julia Domna
- Livia
- Helene P. Foley
- Demeter
- Aeneas
- Sarah B. Pomeroy
- Cornelia
- Demetria
- Penelope
- Lucretia
- Troy
- Marcus Aurelius
- Cleopatra
- Antony
- Mnesarete
- Cynthia
- Galen
- Hector
- Lefkowitz
- Soranus
- Alexander
- Alcestis
- Lattimore
- Arsinoe
- Trajan
- Herophilus
- Gardner
- Octavia
- Gaius
- Lavinia
- Virgil
- Medea
- Heraclides
- Paul
- Hallett
- Corinna
- Aristotle
- Shackleton Bailey
Setting & Locations edit
- Ancient Rome
- Cambridge
- Classical Athens
- Classical Greece
- New York
- Italy
- London
- Egypt
- Pompeii
- Sparta
- Republic
- Alexandria
- Euripides
- Solon
- Hades
- Princeton
- Asia Minor
- Paris
- Brauron
- Amazon
- Hagesichora
- Neaera
- Ithaca
- Chicago
- Thesmophoria
- Etruria
- Faustina
- Sappho
- Berlin
- Chapel Hill
- Eumachia
- Historia Augusta
- Cyrene
- Mainz
- Verginia
- Attica
- Syria
- Berkeley
- N.j.
- Ceres
- Plotina
- Sulpicia
- Tarquinia
- Los Angeles
First Sentence edit
This epigram celebrates the life of an early fourth-century B.C.E. Athenian woman, Mnesarete, who has lived up to the promise of her name, which means "remembering (mnes-) virtue or excellence (arete)."
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1994
ISBN: 0195067274
Page Count: 430
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1994
ISBN: 0195067274
Page Count: 430
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 305.409
Subjects edit
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Sociology
- Books › History › Europe › Greece
- Books › Nonfiction › Women's Studies
- Books › History › World
- Books › Gay & Lesbian › History
- Books › History › Ancient
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