Women and the Polis: Public Honorific Inscriptions from Women in the Greek Cities from the Late Classical to the Roman Period. Volume I & Volume II

by: Siekierka, P. Stebnicka, K. Wolicki, A.

About this book
In two volumes

This work is the first complete corpus of Greek inscriptions issued by city institutions in honour of their female citizens and foreigners, with the exclusion of Hellenistic queens and women belonging to families of the Roman magistrates. The corpus lists 1131 women fulfilling such criteria. The Greek texts are accompanied by lemmata, English translations and relevant commentaries. Based on the collected evidence, the authors analyse the phenomenon of honorific inscriptions for women as an important symptom of change of citizen mentality. Pointing to the political context in which such honours were bestowed, the phrasing of the texts, character of praiseworthy actions, and the fact that these honours were carved in stone and set up in conspicuous places in cities all reflect what the male part of the city populace thought about women in general and their presence in public spaces in particular. The book is a helpful resource for all those interested in ancient history, social history, and gender studies.

- first complete catalogue of publicly honoured women in Greek cities from the 5th c. BCE to the 3rd c. CE

- 1131 records with inscriptions in Greek, English translations, and prosopographical commentaries

- detailed introduction on the phenomenon

Author information
Przemyslaw Siekierka, UK; Krystyna Stebnicka and Aleksander Wolicki, University of Warsaw, Poland.

Frontmatter
Preface
Table of Contents
VOLUME 1
Abbreviations
INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1 Beginnings of Public Honours for Women in the Greek World
Chapter 2 Honours for Women in the Hellenistic Period: New Phenomena in the New World
Chapter 3 Honorific Language: Describing Women, Their Virtues, Merits, and Rewards in the Hellenistic World
Chapter 4 Female Honours and the Evolution of Relations between the City and Family in the Hellenistic Period
Chapter 5 Honours of the Imperial Era
Chapter 6 Women Honoured for Professional Achievements
CORPUS OF PUBLIC HONORIFIC INSCRIPTIONS FOR WOMEN
Attica
Corinthia
Phleiasia
Argolis
Epidauria
Lakonia
Messenia
Arkadia
Elis
Achaia
Megaris
Boiotia
Phokis
Eastern Lokris
Western Lokris
Aitolia
Korkyra
Kephallenia
Thessaly
Epeiros
Macedonia
Thrace
Moesia Inferior
North Shore of the Black Sea
Delos
Rhodos
Lesbos
Telos
Nesos
Anaphe
Thera
Pholegandros
Melos
Kos
Sikinos
Syros
Paros
Tenos
Andros
Chios
Samos
Amorgos
Lemnos
Thasos
Crete
Sicily
Italy

VOLUME 2
Caria
Ionia
Lydia
Aiolis
Troas
Mysia
Bithynia and Pontus
Galatia
Phrygia
Pisidia
Pamphylia
Lykia
Isauria
Cilicia
Cappadocia
Cyprus
Syria and Iran
Egypt
Cyrenaica
Addenda
Indices
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