By Emma Bridges, Edith Hall, and P. J. Rhodes Abstract: This introductory chapter begins with a brief discussion of the purpose of the book, which is to throw the maximum possible fresh light on both the consistency of…
Peopling the Past is a website dedicated to documenting and discussing the everyday of real people in the ancient world, including Greek, Roman, and Egyptian cultures. This video series invites many female scholars to…
By Virginia L. Campbell Abstract: Campbell argues for different approaches to writing and presenting women in antiquity by comparing representations of brothels and prostitution, revealing in the process the Roman…
By Virginia L. Campbell Abstract: Campbell analyses social connections and networks between Pompeii and Roman emperors through inscriptions, distinguishing official inscriptions at the Forum and unofficial inscriptions…
This online journal is dedicated to analysing appropriations of Greco-Roman antiquity by hate groups to critique how idealisations and misogynist interpretations of the Greco-Roman past overlap with contemporary white…
By Rachel H. Lesser Abstract: Rachel Lesser reviews feminist scholarship’s contributions to Homer’s Iliad and the Odyssey. By drawing on Helen and Penelope as two opposing examples, Lesser suggests queer theory as an…
By Page duBois Abstract: To know all we know about Sappho is to know little. Her poetry, dating from the seventh century B.C.E., comes to us in fragments, her biography as speculation. How is it then, Page duBois asks,…