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suzemo's review against another edition
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.
mialiterary's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
sageyoung's review against another edition
3.5
interesting, will be good for reference so i really should get my own copy
book_files's review against another edition
informative
medium-paced
5.0
I absolutely loved this book. I learned so much about how women were viewed, treated and how they lived their lives in classical antiquity.
lexiscott1's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.25
fiademi's review against another edition
4.0
The book is quite good, very complete. My only complain is that it can be very dense to read, and I wish some topics were illustrated with pictures or maps. The only images were all together in the middle, without context and in low quality.
theneighborhoodbookwyrm's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced
3.5