This book spans over 1500 years, from the Bronze Age to the Late Roman Republic, providing a comprehensive history of women's social life in the Greco-Roman world. Drawing on abundant archaeological evidence and documentary materials, the author explores various aspects of women in ancient Greece and Rome, examining their public and private lives within city-states. Women are categorized based on class and social status, with particular emphasis on the differences between wives, prostitutes, and female slaves. The author attempts to examine the history of all women, not just upper-class women and their literary works. The study of women in classical Western times is not only essential to social history but also valuable because it helps explain the current relationship between men and women.
本书跨越长达1500余年, 从青铜时代到罗马共和晚期, 是一部纵贯希腊罗马世界数百年历史的妇女社会生活史。作者依据丰富的考古证据和文献资料, 从城邦的公共生活和私人家庭生活等不同层面, 对古希腊罗马各类妇女形象进行了探讨, 以阶级和社会地位为标准对女性群体进行分类, 并强调了妻子与妓女、女奴之间的差异。作者试图考察所有妇女的历史, 而不仅仅是上层妇女和她们的文学作品。对西方古典时代女性的研究不仅因为它是社会史理所应当的研究方面之一, 还因为过去有助于解释当下男性与女性的关系问题。
本书跨越长达1500余年, 从青铜时代到罗马共和晚期, 是一部纵贯希腊罗马世界数百年历史的妇女社会生活史。作者依据丰富的考古证据和文献资料, 从城邦的公共生活和私人家庭生活等不同层面, 对古希腊罗马各类妇女形象进行了探讨, 以阶级和社会地位为标准对女性群体进行分类, 并强调了妻子与妓女、女奴之间的差异。作者试图考察所有妇女的历史, 而不仅仅是上层妇女和她们的文学作品。对西方古典时代女性的研究不仅因为它是社会史理所应当的研究方面之一, 还因为过去有助于解释当下男性与女性的关系问题。
