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Spartan Women

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That is the first book-length examination of Spartan women, covering over a thousand years in the history of women from both the elite and lower classes. Classicist Sarah B. Pomeroy comprehensively analyzes ancient texts and archaeological evidence to construct the world of these elusive though much noticed females. Sparta has at all times posed a challenge to ancient historians because details about the society is fairly scarce. Most existing scholarship on Sparta concerns the military history of the city and its heavily male-dominated social structure–almost as if there were no women in Sparta. Yet most likely the most famous of mythic Greek women, Menelaus’ wife Helen, the reason for the Trojan War, used to be herself a Spartan. Written by one of the crucial leading authorities on women in antiquity, Spartan Women reconstructs the lives and the world of Sparta’s women, including how their status changed through the years and how they held on to their surprising autonomy. Proceeding through the archaic, classical, Hellenistic, and Roman periods, Spartan Women includes discussions of education, circle of relatives life, reproduction, religion, and athletics.

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