Format:
Online-Ressource (446 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
9780415374293
Series Statement:
Women of the Ancient World
Content:
Pliny's letters offer a significant source of information about the lives of Roman women (predominantly, though not exclusively, upper-class women) during the late first and early second centuries CE. In the 368 letters included in his ten published books of epistles, Pliny mentions over 30 women by name, addresses letters to seven, and refers to well over 40 anonymous women. Many of the references are brief comments in letters whose topics are the activities of Pliny's male acquaintances. Nonetheless his letters inform us about the roles of women in Roman families, marriages, and households
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Description based upon print version of record
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Cover; The Women of Pliny's Letters; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction: writing about lives; 1 Arria the Elder and the heroism of women; 2 Arria's family and the tradition of dissent; 3 Pliny's wives; 4 Mothers, nurses, and stepmothers; 5 Grandmothers, aunts, and mothers-in-law; 6 Daughters and sisters; 7 Women outside the family; Notes; Bibliography; Index of Pliny's letters; Index of ancient names; Index of subjects;
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781136225680
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780415374286
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The Women of Pliny's Letters
Language:
English
Keywords:
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