Women's Life in Greece and Rome - Hardcover

"This admirable source book will be widely used." -- Times Educational Supplement

"The modern reader can enter the ancient world through this text." -- London Review of Books

"Invaluable in providing not only 'mainstream' authors but much less accessible items." -- JACT Review

This highly acclaimed collection provides a rare look into the private lives and legal status of Greek and Roman women of all social classes -- wet nurses, prostitutes, poets, gladiators, musicians, intellectuals, priestesses, and housewives. The third edition offers new texts in nearly every section, vividly describing women's sentiments and circumstances through readings on love, bereavement, and friendship, but also on property rights, breast cancer, female circumcision, and women's roles in ancient religions, including Christianity and witchcraft.