Highlighting the role women played in Athenian society, Madeleine Henry here examines the fascinating life of Neaera.
In the course of her life Neaera occupied almost every role that was played by a women in Athens: child, daughter, wife, mother, and 'lady of the house'; slave, freed, free; prostitute, living with one man, working for pay; upstanding and respectable, criminal and adulterous.
Her life story, real or otherwise, will fascinate students of classical studies through the publication of this significant book.
- ISBN10 0415394562
- ISBN13 9780415394567
- Publish Date 15 April 2007
- Publish Status Cancelled
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Imprint Routledge
- Format Paperback
- Pages 240
- Language English