{"product_id":"women-and-war-in-antiquity-jacqueline-fabre-serris-9781421417622","title":"Women and War in Antiquity","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWomen in ancient Greece and Rome played a much more active role in battle than previously assumed.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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 \u003ci\u003eWomen and War in Antiquity\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jacqueline Fabre-Serris\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1421417626\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781421417622\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/15\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.30w x 1.00d","brand":"Jacqueline Fabre-Serris","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44072941453567,"sku":"9781421417622","price":57.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ba0f8063-53e4-4651-b65b-f44839d790e6.jpg?v=1685444852","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/women-and-war-in-antiquity-jacqueline-fabre-serris-9781421417622","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}