Women -- Greece -- History
Subject
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Breaking boundaries : an exploration of feminine arête in Archaic and Classical Greece, 2013
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Identifier: b7636433
Introduction [excerpts]
Organization of Thesis
Chapter One explores the domestic world of Greek women: the oikos. It shows how the oikos was constructed and who make up the household. It also deals with how women were segregated in the gynaikon and were expected to breed healthy children, preferably sons. The chapter looks at the roles of women in the oikos: wives, mothers,...
Dates:
2013
Female prostitutes and exclusion from society : prostitutes during the classical period in Athens and the late republic/early empire in Pompeii, 2014
Item — Call number MU Thesis Tur
Identifier: b7636387
Abstract
This paper will examine the role of non-slave female prostitutes within both societies in ancient Classical Athens from 500 BC to 400 BC and the Late Republic/Roman Empire in Pompeii from 100 BC to 100 AD. To determine how much prostitutes were included or excluded from society, these areas were analyzed: religion, politics, and economics. To the extent that prostitutes are included/excluded is determined by their ability to not get pregnant - and here I determine that relatively...
Dates:
2014