Women and the Polis : : Public Honorific Inscriptions for Women in the Greek Cities from the Late Classical to the Roman Period / / Przemysław Siekierka, Krystyna Stebnicka, Aleksander Wolicki.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Ebook Package English 2021
• VerfasserIn: Siekierka, Przemysław,; Stebnicka, Krystyna,; Wolicki, Aleksander,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (XX, 1239 p.)

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.

Table of Contents

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 -- Bibliography