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Spartan Women

Paperback • 2002 • English

Spartan Women

By Sarah B. Pomeroy

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About the book

Sparta, which existed from 800 B.C. until A.D. 200, was renowned in the ancient world as a stoic and martial city-state, and most of what we know about Sparta concerns its military history and male-dominated social structure. Yet Spartan women were in many ways among the most liberated of the ancient world, receiving formal instruction in poetry, music, dance, and physical education. And the most famous of mythic Greek women, Helen of Troy, was originally a Spartan. Written by one of the leading...Show more

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9780195130676

Publisher

Oxford University Press Inc

Published year

2002

Language

English

Original title

Spartan Women

Format

Paperback

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