ABSTRACT
For centuries, classical scholars have intensely debated the "position of women" in classical Athens. Did women have a vast but informal power, or were they little better than slaves? Using methods developed from feminist anthropology, Winkler steps back from this narrowly framed question and puts it in the larger context of how sex and gender in ancient Greece were culturally constructed. His innovative approach uncovers the very real possibilities for female autonomy that existed in Greek society.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |14 pages
Introduction
part |83 pages
Andres
chapter |28 pages
Unnatural Acts: Erotic Protocols in Artemidoros' Dream Analysis
chapter |28 pages
The Constraints of Desire: Erotic Magical Spells
part |27 pages
Interlude: Reading Against the Grain
chapter |26 pages
The Education of Chloe: Hidden Injuries of Sex
part |82 pages
Gunaikes