Explores and expands on scholarly debates on the status and representation women in antiquity; invaluable reading for all students and teachers of ancient history. '... the strength of this book lies in two main areas: that it does raise some new issues and provoke thought and criticism, and that it is a good teaching tool.'- Classics Ireland'Through collections like these, the study of women in antiquity has achieved a high degree of academic respectability, and as a mark of that maturity a number of contributions look back self-critically on the genre itself, re-examining the assumptions inherent in the study of ancient women.' - Times Literary Supplement'This is a valuable collection of papers, for several areas of current research into the social history of the Greco-Roman world.' - The Classical Review'...these essays form a most useful and convenient collection' - Greece and Rome