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Women in Hellenistic Egypt: From Alexander to Cleopatra - Pomeroy, Sarah B
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Using evidence from a wide array of sources, Sarah Pomeroy discusses women ranging from queens such as Arsino??? II and Cleopatra VII to Jewish slaves working on a Greek estate. After its conquest in 331 B.C., Egypt became the center of the Hellenistic world, attracting men and women from other parts of the Mediterranean area. In this cosmopolitan and mobile society, Greek women of the ruling class had unprecedented opportunities and were able to employ some of the legal freedoms enjoyed by their Egyptian counterparts. ...

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Women in Hellenistic Egypt: From Alexander to Cleopatra 1990, Wayne State University Press, Detroit

ISBN-13: 9780814322307

Trade paperback

Women in Hellenistic Egypt: From Alexander to Cleopatra 1984, Schocken Books, New York

ISBN-13: 9780805239119

Hardcover