The missing thread: a women's history of the ancient world
"A dazzlingly ambitious history of the ancient world that places women at the center--from Cleopatra to Boudica, Sappho to Fulvia, and countless other artists, writers, leaders, and creators of history. Around four thousand years ago, the mysterious Minoans sculpted statues of topless women wit...
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| Summary: | "A dazzlingly ambitious history of the ancient world that places women at the center--from Cleopatra to Boudica, Sappho to Fulvia, and countless other artists, writers, leaders, and creators of history. Around four thousand years ago, the mysterious Minoans sculpted statues of topless women with snakes slithering on their arms. Over one thousand years later, Sappho wrote great poems of longing and desire. For classicist Daisy Dunn, these women--whether they were simply sitting at their looms at home or participating in the highest echelons of power--were up to something much more interesting than other histories would lead us to believe. Together, these women helped to make antiquity as we know it. In this monumental work, Dunn reconceives our understanding of the ancient world by emphasizing women's roles within it. The Missing Thread never relegates women to the sidelines and is populated with well-known names such as Cleopatra and Agrippina, as well as the likes of Achaemenid consort Atossa and Olympias, a force in Macedon. Spanning three thousand years, the story moves from Minoan Crete to Mycenaean Greece, from Lesbos to Asia Minor, from the Persian Empire to the royal court of Macedonia, and concludes with Rome and its growing empire. The women of antiquity are undeniably woven throughout the fabric of history, and in The Missing Thread they finally take center stage." |
| Item Description: | "First published in hardcover in Great Britain by Weidenfeld & Nicolson, an imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd, London, in 2024." |
| Physical Description: | xxi, 455 Seiten, 16 ungezählte Seiten Tafeln Illustrationen, genealogische Tafeln, Karten 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780593299661 |
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Contents Maps xiii Family Trees xviii Introduction 1 Chapter I: Of Breasts and Bulls 9 Chapter II: The Work of Giants Chapter III: Decline and Change 29 Chapter IV: The Tenth Muse Chapter V: The Oracle is Corrupted 61 82 Chapter VI: Horsewomen and Queens Chapter VII: Atossa’s War 98 111 Chapter VIII: A Shared Blanket Chapter IX: The Rough End of the Cheese-Grater Chapter X: Olympias’ Games 132 153 178 Chapter XI: Dido’s Curse 199 Chapter XII: The Price of Punic Figs 214 Chapter XIII: Educating Gracchus Chapter XIV: Conspiring at Crossroads 231 252 Chapter XV: From the Bed-Sack to the Bed 275 Chapter XVI: This One’s for Fulvia 298 317 Chapter XVII: The Exiles 45
Chapter XVIII: Empresses in the Shadows 336 Chapter XIX: Broken Body, Valiant Mind 362 Conclusion 377 Notes 381 Bibliography 421 Picture Credits 437 Acknowledgements 439 Index 441 |
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