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Warrior Women
The Anonymous Tractatus De Mulieribus
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D. Gera
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English
Published/Copyright:
1996
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This study analyzes the anonymous Tractatus de Mulieribus, a brief, virtually unknown Greek work, telling of fourteen outstanding women, Greek and barbarian, notable for their intelligence, initiative and courage.
The first part of the book is a comprehensive introduction to the treatise and includes - in addition to the original text and an English translation - an examination of both the content and form of De Mulieribus, particularly as a catalogue of women. The times, methods, and purposes of the anonymous author are also investigated. Commentary-essays on the individual women then follow. A wide variety of sources are utilized in order to sketch the fullest possible portrait of each of these lively women.
This book, the very first study of De Mulieribus, is a useful introduction to a remarkable treatise.
The first part of the book is a comprehensive introduction to the treatise and includes - in addition to the original text and an English translation - an examination of both the content and form of De Mulieribus, particularly as a catalogue of women. The times, methods, and purposes of the anonymous author are also investigated. Commentary-essays on the individual women then follow. A wide variety of sources are utilized in order to sketch the fullest possible portrait of each of these lively women.
This book, the very first study of De Mulieribus, is a useful introduction to a remarkable treatise.
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Deborah Levine Gera, D.Phil. (1987) in Classics, University of Oxford, is a Lecturer in Classics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She is the author of Xenophon's Cyropaedia: Style, Genre, and Literary Technique, (Oxford University Press, 1993).
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'Deborah Gera has brought to our attention a fascinating and neglected text consisting of brief notices of fourteen women…'
Susan Deacy, The Classical Review, 2000.
Susan Deacy, The Classical Review, 2000.
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July 17, 2018
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9789004329881
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252
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All those interested in ancient history, gender studies, the Ancient Near East, and classical philology.
