Paul Chrystal has written the first full length study of women and warfare in the Graeco Roman world. Although the conduct of war was generally monopolized by men, there were plenty of exceptions with women directly involved in its direction and even as combatants, Artemisia, Olympias, Cleopatra and Agrippina the Elder being famous examples. And both Greeks and Romans encountered women among their 'barbarian' enemies, such as Tomyris, Boudicca and Zenobia.
More commonly, of course, women were directly affected by war as noncombatant victims, of rape and enslavement as spoils of war...
Paul Chrystal has written the first full length study of women and warfare in the Graeco Roman world. Although the conduct of war was generally monopo...
War is a very common theme in Greek myth and central to the Greeks' understanding of their mythic past. Paul Chrystal describes the wars between Olympians, Titans, giants, centaurs, lapiths and explains their significance and symbolism.
War is a very common theme in Greek myth and central to the Greeks' understanding of their mythic past. Paul Chrystal describes the wars between Olymp...
The first full treatment of women and warfare in Classical Greece and Rome. Addresses the neglected subject of the role of women in war in the Classical world.
The first full treatment of women and warfare in Classical Greece and Rome. Addresses the neglected subject of the role of women in war in the Classic...
