Pythagorean Women
their history and writings
$128.49
- Hardcover
200 pages
- Release Date
14 September 2013
Summary
In Pythagorean Women, classical scholar Sarah B. Pomeroy discusses the groundbreaking principles that Pythagoras established for family life in Archaic Greece, such as constituting a single standard of sexual conduct for women and men. Among the Pythagoreans, women played an important role and participated actively in the philosophical life. While Pythagoras encouraged women to be submissive to men, his reasoning was based on the desire to preserve harmony in the home. Pythagorean Women provi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781421409566 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1421409569 |
| Author: | Sarah B. Pomeroy |
| Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Imprint: | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 200 |
| Release Date: | 14 September 2013 |
| Weight: | 431g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 19mm |
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Critics Review
[Pythagorean Women] will be a major impulse for future scholars to study these texts and their authors.
In this book Pomeroy translates and critiques all the extant writings of female followers of Pythagoras, nearly all of which have been ignored or sidelined by male scholars… a very valuable addition to the literature. – Clifford Cunningham Sun News Miami A delight to read… This look at the female followers of Pythagoras in ancient times is a very valuable addition to the literature. – Clifford Cunningham Sun News Miami One could hardly hope for a better guide to this subject. Choice Pomeroy’s highly informative and carefully argued book touches on significant elements of the Neopythagorean women authors. It is a welcome addition to the literature, opening up much fertile ground for future work. – George Lazaroiu Journal of Research in Gender Studies [Pythagorean Women] will be a major impulse for future scholars to study these texts and their authors. – Kai Broderson Bryn Mawr Classical Review
About The Author
Sarah B. Pomeroy
Sarah B. Pomeroy is Distinguished Professor of Classics and History Emerita at Hunter College and the Graduate School at the City University of New York. Her book Goddesses, Whores, Wives, and Slaves: Women in Classical Antiquity is widely recognized as the definitive book on the topic.
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