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The martial virtues--courage, loyalty, cunning, and strength--were central to male identity in the ancient world, and antique literature is replete with depictions of men cultivating and exercising these virtues on the battlefield. In Women and War in Antiquity, sixteen scholars reexamine classical...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Keith, Alison (Editor ), Fabre-Serris, Jacqueline (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2015.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Kvinnliga soldater > historia.
Kvinnor och krig > historia.
Women soldiers.
Women and war.
Women.
War and society.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
Guerre et societe > Rome > Histoire.
Guerre et societe > Grece > Histoire.
Femmes militaires > Rome > Histoire.
Femmes militaires > Grece > Histoire.
Femmes > Rome > Histoire.
Femmes > Grece > Histoire.
Femmes et guerre > Rome > Histoire.
Femmes et guerre > Grece > Histoire.
War and society > Rome > History.
War and society > Greece > History.
Women soldiers > Rome > History.
Women soldiers > Greece > History.
Women > Rome > History.
Women > Greece > History.
Women and war > Rome > History.
Women and war > Greece > History.
Rome (Empire)
Greece.
Rome > Histoire militaire.
Grece > Histoire militaire.
Rome > History, Military.
Greece > History, Military.
Military history.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The martial virtues--courage, loyalty, cunning, and strength--were central to male identity in the ancient world, and antique literature is replete with depictions of men cultivating and exercising these virtues on the battlefield. In Women and War in Antiquity, sixteen scholars reexamine classical sources to uncover the complex but hitherto unexplored relationship between women and war in ancient Greece and Rome. They reveal that women played a much more active role in battle than previously assumed, embodying martial virtues in both real and mythological combat. The essays in the collection, taken from the first meeting of the European Research Network on Gender Studies in Antiquity, approach the topic from philological, historical, and material culture perspectives. The contributors examine discussions of women and war in works that span the ancient canon, from Homer's epics and the major tragedies in Greece to Seneca's stoic writings in first-century Rome. They consider a vast panorama of scenes in which women are portrayed as spectators, critics, victims, causes, and beneficiaries of war. This deft volume, which ultimately challenges the conventional scholarly opposition of standards of masculinity and femininity, will appeal to scholars and students of the classical world, European warfare, and gender studies.--Provided by publisher.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (360 pages).
ISBN:9781421417639

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