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Women in Hellenistic Egypt: From Alexander to Cleopatra
Contributor(s): Pomeroy, Sarah B. (Author)
ISBN: 0814322301     ISBN-13: 9780814322307
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
OUR PRICE:   $25.73  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: February 1990
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BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Women's Studies
- History | Ancient - Egypt
Dewey: 305.409
LCCN: 89024894
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.04" W x 7.56" (0.69 lbs) 272 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Cultural Region - North Africa
- Sex & Gender - Feminine
- Cultural Region - Middle East
 
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After its conquest in 331 B.C., Egypt became the center of the Hellenistic world, attracting men and women from other parts of the Mediterranean area. In this cosmopolitan and mobile society, Greek women of the ruling class had unprecedented opportunities and were able to employ some of the legal freedoms enjoyed by their Egyptian counterparts.

Using evidence from a wide array of sources including literature, papyri, inscriptions, coins, and terra-cotta figurines, Sarah Pomeroy discusses women ranging from queens such as Arsino II and Cleopatra VII to Jewish slaves working on a Greek estate. This edition contains a new foreword, additional information, and an updated bibliography by the author.