Women And Society In Greek And Roman Egypt

Author : Jane Rowlandson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521588157
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Women and Society in Greek and Roman Egypt written by Jane Rowlandson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1998-11-26 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The period of Egyptian history from its rule by the Macedonian Ptolemaic dynasty to its incorporation into the Roman and Byzantine empires has left a wealth of evidence for the lives of ordinary men and women. Texts (often personal letters) written on papyrus and other materials, objects of everyday use and funerary portraits have survived from the Graeco-Roman period of Egyptian history. But much of this unparalleled resource has been available only to specialists because of the difficulty of reading and interpreting it. Now eleven leading scholars in this field have collaborated to make available to students and other non-specialists a selection of over three hundred texts translated from Greek and Egyptian, as well as more than fifty illustrations, documenting the lives of women within this society, from queens to priestesses, property-owners to slave-girls, from birth through motherhood to death. Each item is accompanied by full explanatory notes and bibliographical references.

Author : Jane Rowlandson
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Download or read book Women and Society in Greek and Roman Egypt written by Jane Rowlandson and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : ADA. NIFOSI
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 9780367731823
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Becoming a Woman and Mother in Greco-Roman Egypt written by ADA. NIFOSI and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-12-18 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did Greco-Roman Egyptian society perceive women's bodies and how did it acknowledge women's reproductive functions? Detailing women's lives in Greco-Roman Egypt this monograph examines understudied aspects of women's lives such as their coming of age, social and religious taboos of menstruation and birth rituals. It investigates medical, legal and religious aspects of women's reproduction, using both historical and archaeological sources, and shows how the social status of women and new-born children changed from the Dynastic to the Greco-Roman period. Through a comparative and interdisciplinary study of the historical sources, papyri, artefacts and archaeological evidence, Becoming a Woman and Mother in Greco-Roman Egypt shows how Greek, Roman, Jewish and Near Eastern cultures impacted on the social perception of female puberty, childbirth and menstruation in Greco-Roman Egypt from the 3rd century B.C. to the 3rd century A.D.

Author : Roger Bagnall
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 047203622X
Total Pages : 439 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Women's Letters from Ancient Egypt, 300 BC-AD 800 written by Roger Bagnall and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2015-07-16 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The private letters of ancient women in Egypt from Alexander the Great to the Arab conquest

Author : Sarah B. Pomeroy
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780814322307
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Women in Hellenistic Egypt written by Sarah B. Pomeroy and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using evidence from a wide array of sources, Sarah Pomeroy discusses women ranging from queens such as Arsinoë II and Cleopatra VII to Jewish slaves working on a Greek estate.

Author : Mary Ann Eaverly
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 0472119117
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tan Men/Pale Women written by Mary Ann Eaverly and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2013-12-10 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Investigating the history behind color as a method of gender differentiation in ancient Greek and Egyptian art

Author : Katelijn Vandorpe
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118428404
Total Pages : 882 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Companion to Greco-Roman and Late Antique Egypt written by Katelijn Vandorpe and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2019-03-19 with total page 882 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An authoritative and multidisciplinary Companion to Egypt during the Greco‐Roman and Late Antique period With contributions from noted authorities in the field, A Companion to Greco-Roman and Late Antique Egypt offers a comprehensive resource that covers almost 1000 years of Egyptian history, starting with the liberation of Egypt from Persian rule by Alexander the Great in 332 BC and ending in AD 642, when Arab rule started in the Nile country. The Companion takes a largely sociological perspective and includes a section on life portraits at the end of each part. The theme of identity in a multicultural environment and a chapter on the quality of life of Egypt's inhabitants clearly illustrate this objective. The authors put the emphasis on the changes that occurred in the Greco-Roman and Late Antique periods, as illustrated by such topics as: Traditional religious life challenged; Governing a country with a past: between tradition and innovation; and Creative minds in theory and praxis. This important resource: Discusses how Egypt became part of a globalizing world in Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine times Explores notable innovations by the Ptolemies and Romans Puts the focus on the longue durée development Offers a thematic and multidisciplinary approach to the subject, bringing together scholars of different disciplines Contains life portraits in which various aspects and themes of people’s daily life in Egypt are discussed Written for academics and students of the Greco-Roman and Late Antique Egypt period, this Companion offers a guide that is useful for students in the areas of Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine and New Testament studies.

Author : Barbara Watterson
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445612666
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Women in Ancient Egypt written by Barbara Watterson and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2011-12-15 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Binge drinking and equal rights in Ancient Egypt... with her eye for the quirky; the only dry thing youll find here is her wit. THE DAILY MAIL (quote will appear on front cover of B-format).

Author : Joyce Tyldesley
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141949813
Total Pages : 375 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Daughters of Isis written by Joyce Tyldesley and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 1995-03-30 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In ancient Egypt women enjoyed a legal, social and sexual independence unrivalled by their Greek or Roman sisters, or in fact by most women until the late nineteenth century. They could own and trade in property, work outside the home, marry foreigners and live alone without the protection of a male guardian. Some of them even rose to rule Egypt as ‘female kings’. Joyce Tyldesley’s vivid history of how women lived in ancient Egypt weaves a fascinating picture of daily life – marriage and the home, work and play, grooming and religion – viewed from a female perspective, in a work that is engaging, original and constantly surprising.

Author : Jean Bingen
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520251410
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hellenistic Egypt written by Jean Bingen and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The most comprehensive account of the economy, society, and culture of Hellenistic Egypt available in English."--J.G. Manning, author of Land and Power in Ptolemaic Egypt: The Structure of Land Tenure