Woman's Power, Man's Game

Woman's Power, Man's Game is a revealing and thoughtful analysis of women in antiquity, as portrayed in classical literature. The book features essays by 12 classicists who provide provocative examinations of significant aspects of female situations in antiquity. Special Features * The Only Women Who Give Birth to Men: A Gynocentric, Cross-Cultural View of Women in Ancient Sparta - Bella Zweig * Re(de)fining Woman: Language and Power in the Homeric Hymn to Demeter - Kristina Passman * Women, Fat, and Fertility: Hippocratic Theorizing and Treatment - Jody Rubin Pinault * The Wandering Womb of Delos - Jon Solomon * Hera, Nurse of Monsters - Joan O'Brien * Clytemnestra's Breast and the Evil Eye - Mary DeForest * Euripides' Medea: Woman or Fiend? - Lena Hatzichronoglou * Propertius, Poetry, and Love - Kathleen McNamee * From a Sure Foot to Faltering Meters: The Dark Ladies of Tibullan Elegy - Brenda H. Fineberg * ''The Master Mistress of My Passion'': The Lady as Patron in Ancient and Renaissance Literature - Barbara K. Gold * Julia in Lucan's Tripartite Vision of the Dead Republic - Emily E. Batinski * Martial's Sulpicia and Propertius' Cynthia Judith P. Hallett For over 30 years Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers has produced the highest quality Latin and ancient Greek books. From Dr. Seuss books in Latin to Plato's Apology, Bolchazy-Carducci's titles help readers learn about ancient Rome and Greece; the Latin and ancient Greek languages are alive and well with titles like Cicero's De Amicitia and Kaegi's Greek Grammar. We also feature a line of contemporary eastern European and WWII books. Some of the areas we publish in include: Selections From The Aeneid Latin Grammar & Pronunciation Greek Grammar & Pronunciation Texts Supporting Wheelock's Latin Classical author workbooks: Vergil, Ovid, Horace, Catullus, Cicero Vocabulary Cards For AP Selections: Vergil, Ovid, Catullus, Horace Greek Mythology Greek Lexicon Slovak Culture And History