Gender Violence in Ancient Greece

by Fiona McHardy

Book Overview

At the heart of this study is the violent crime committed in ancient Greek society against women and by women. These themes, intensely debated and increasingly the focus of current research, have grown in importance within the wider study of gender and sexuality in the ancient world. The author examines the portrayal of violence across a range of sources to develop a picture of gender and crime in ancient Greek law, literature, myth and society. The...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472531566
• ISBN13: 9781472531568
• Release Date: July 2026
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 208 Pages