The study of women in Graeco-Roman antiquity has a long history but many recent developments prominent among which are the rise of feminist theory and theoretical and interpretive work in material culture have transformed approaches to the study of women s lived experiences in antiquity. This four-volume collection brings together the best scholarship that has both established the field and moved it forward.

The articles collected here are interdisciplinary, bringing into conversation the full range of evidence for women in the classical world: historical, literary, legal,...

In the past 40 years, Greek antiquity has witnessed several scholarly revolutions. With the emergence of critical theory alongside major archaeological, epigraphic, and papyrological discoveries, long-held assumptions and traditional methodologies have received robust challenges with new avenues of enquiry emerging in turn. Attention to gender, sexuality, class, race, and ethnicity has broadened the field of topics and subjects of study, and so women, children, slaves, and foreigners have once more come to reinhabit Greek spaces and scholarship. New archaeological discoveries have...