Warrior women : : the anonymous Tractatus de mulieribus / / by Deborah Gera.

• Superior document: Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum, 162
• Author: Gera, Deborah Levine.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, New York : : E.J. Brill,, 1997.
• Year of Publication: 1997
• Language: English; Ancient Greek
• Series: Mnemosyne, Supplements 162.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (252 pages).

This study analyzes the anonymous Tractatus de Mulieribus , a brief, virtually unknown Greek work, telling of fourteen outstanding women, Greek and barbarian, notable for their intelligence, initiative and courage. The first part of the book is a comprehensive introduction to the treatise and includes - in addition to the original text and an English translation - an examination of both the content and form of De Mulieribus , particularly as a catalogue of women. The times, methods, and purposes of the anonymous author are also investigated. Commentary-essays on the individual women then follow. A wide variety of sources are utilized in order to sketch the fullest possible portrait of each of these lively women. This book, the very first study of De Mulieribus , is a useful introduction to a remarkable treatise.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Deborah Gera -- An Introduction To The De Mulleribus / Deborah Gera -- The Individual Women / Deborah Gera -- Bibliography / Deborah Gera -- Index Locorum / Deborah Gera -- General Index / Deborah Gera.