UID:
edocfu_9959234234402883
Format:
1 online resource (227 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-134-78788-X
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1-134-78789-8
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1-280-03742-3
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0-585-44741-1
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0-203-43547-8
Content:
Ariadne Staples provides an arresting and original analysis of the role of women in Roman society, which challenges traditionally held views and provokes further questions.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; INTRODUCTION; INTRODUCTION TO CHAPTER 1; THE CULT OF BONA DEA; Hercules and Cacus; Hercules and Bona Dea; The women's goddess; 'A rite so ancient'; Bona Dea and the mysteries of Mithras; Opertanea Sacra; Wine, milk and honey; INTRODUCTION TO CHAPTER 2; CERES AND FLORA; Uneasy misogyny; Wife and prostitute in myth; Wife and prostitute in ritual; INTRODUCTION TO CHAPTER 3; VENUS; Venus Verticordia; Venus Obsequens and Venus Erycina; Venus and Bona Dea; INTRODUCTION TO CHAPTER 4; THE USES OF VIRGINITY: THE VESTALS AND ROME; The transvaluation of virginity
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Virginity and the ritual representation of Roman integrityCONCLUSION; Notes; Bibliography; Index;
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-51894-6
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-13233-9
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203435472
