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26 Μαΐ 2021 · The present article explores the often ambivalent relationship our ancient sources had with the role of women in times of war, from the Homeric to the early Byzantine period.
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Greek women's participation in warfare, as opposed to women as victims of war, has received surprisingly little attention from classicists and ancient historians.
In Women and War in Antiquity, 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.
reference to womens experiences in post-war contexts such as captivity, slavery, and rape and sexual violence. By showing the variety of experiences and how there existed selection processes with regards to women, this chapter demonstrates that not all women were going to experience the same fates after war.
download Download PDF. This scholarly review focuses on what women did in Archaic and Classical Greece during times of war. General consensus between scholar's pre-1998 is that women in ancient greece were simply not vital enough to warfare to be researched in depth.
In Women and War in Antiquity, sixteen scholars reexamine classical sources to uncover the complex but hitherto unexplored relationship between women and war in ancient Greece and Rome.
28 Φεβ 2017 · The portrayal of female warriors and goddesses in classical mythology and literature, and the use of war to justify gender roles and hierarchies, are also considered. Overall, this is a...
