Women in Hellenistic Egypt: From Alexander to Cleopatra

by Sarah B. Pomeroy

Book Overview

Using evidence from a wide array of sources, Sarah Pomeroy discusses women ranging from queens such as Arsino II and Cleopatra VII to Jewish slaves working on a Greek estate.

After its conquest in 331 B.C., Egypt became the center of the Hellenistic world, attracting men and women from other parts of the Mediterranean area. In this cosmopolitan and mobile society, Greek women of the ruling class had unprecedented opportunities and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814322301
• ISBN13: 9780814322307
• Release Date: February 1990
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 7.6"