Women and society in Greek and Roman Egypt : a sourcebook /
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| Imprint: | Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998. |
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| Description: | xviii, 406 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3557341 |
Table of Contents:
- List of maps
- List of figures
- List of plates
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Notes for the reader
- Glossary
- 1. Introduction
- 1. The purpose of this book
- 2. Greek and Roman Egypt: historical background
- 3. The nature of the source material
- 2. Royalty and religion
- Introduction
- I. Ptolemaic Queens (1-15)
- II. Roman Imperial women (16-20)
- III. Goddesses (21-26)
- IV. Priestesses (27-36)
- V. Religion and the Individual (37-48)
- VI. Christianity (49-68)
- 3. Family matters
- Introduction
- I. Perspectives on the family (69-75)
- II. Archives
- A.. The archive of Zenon, Philadelphia (76-77)
- B.. The Serapeum archive, Memphis (78-83)
- C.. The archive of Dryton and Apollonia alias Senmonthis, Pathyris (84-87)
- D.. The archive of Tryphon, Oxyrhynchos (88-91)
- E.. The archive of Apollonios the strategos and Aline (92-99)
- F.. The archive of Kronion, farmer of Tebtynis, and his family (100-103)
- G.. The archive of Taesion/Taesis (104-105)
- H.. The archive of Gaius Julius Niger (106-107)
- J.. The archive of Satornila and her sons (108-110)
- K.. The archive of Paniskos and Ploutogenia, Philadelphia (111-115)
- L.. The archive of Flavius Dioskoros, Aphrodite (116-117)
- 4. Status and law
- Introduction
- I. The Egyptian background (118-121)
- II. Greek and Egyptian in a colonial society (122-130)
- III. Roman transformations (131-144)
- IV. Freedom and responsibility in developed Roman society (145-156)
- V. Continuity and change in the Coptic texts (157-161)
- 5. Economic activities
- Introduction
- I. Women and agricultural land (162-181)
- II. Women in the non-agricultural economy (182-217)
- 6. Being female
- Introduction
- I. Birth, infancy and childhood (218-235)
- II. Education (236-246)
- III. Marriage and married life (247-263)
- IV. Sickness, death and burial (264-279)
- V. Weaklings or viragos? The ambiguities of womanhood (280-289)
- List and concordance of texts
- Bibliography
- Index
