Biographical Dictionary of Ancient Greek and Roman Women Notable Women from Sappho to Helena
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Facts on File
- Publish date: 11/01/1999
Description:
Over 400 A-to-Z entries tell the life stories of women from archaic Greece in the seventh century B.C.E. to the rise of Christianity in the fourth century C.E. Hailing from all corners of the Greek and Roman worlds, these women are notable for their own accomplishments as well as their family ties.
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Profiles include: Agrippina the Younger, Augusta (Rome, c. 15-59 C.E.); Artemesia II, Ruler (Asia Minor, 4th c. B.C.E.); Julia Balbilla, Poet (Greece, 2nd c. B.C.E.); Calpurnia, Wife of Julius Caesar (Rome, 1st c. B.C.E.); Cleopatra III, Ruler (Egypt, c. 165?-101 B.C.E.); Drypetis, Political player (Persia, 4th c. B.C.E..); Gorgo, Patriot (Sparta, 5th c. B.C.E.); Livia Drusilla, Power broker (Rome, 58 B.C.E.-29 C.E.); and Zenobia, General and ruler (Syria, 3rd c. C.E.).
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