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A review by suzemo
Goddesses, Whores, Wives, and Slaves: Women in Classical Antiquity by Sarah B. Pomeroy
4.0
The more things change, the more things stay the same.
An older book (published in '75), it's a scholarly discussion of the attitudes and roles of women during Classical/Hellenistic Greek/Roman times. It's a nice book, discussing issues from a feminist point of view, and is one of the earliest/first books looking at how (Mediterranean) women lived during ancient times.
I studied Classical Civilizations as an undergrad, but the professors rarely focused on the lives of women, so it was nice to see a glimpse of the lives they led, and gave a fresh insight into their lives from a studied angle, rather than through some pop-culture filter.
I liked, not just the look at gender roles, but the evidence presented, and alternative theories also presented (even if they were not agreed with). Interesting. Enlightening. But definitely some very dry, heavy reading.
An older book (published in '75), it's a scholarly discussion of the attitudes and roles of women during Classical/Hellenistic Greek/Roman times. It's a nice book, discussing issues from a feminist point of view, and is one of the earliest/first books looking at how (Mediterranean) women lived during ancient times.
I studied Classical Civilizations as an undergrad, but the professors rarely focused on the lives of women, so it was nice to see a glimpse of the lives they led, and gave a fresh insight into their lives from a studied angle, rather than through some pop-culture filter.
I liked, not just the look at gender roles, but the evidence presented, and alternative theories also presented (even if they were not agreed with). Interesting. Enlightening. But definitely some very dry, heavy reading.