Book contents
- Ancient Legal Thought
- Ancient Legal Thought
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- General Introduction
- Maps
- Part A Ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt
- Part B Ancient Greece and China
- Section V Law, Justice, and Equity
- Section VI Legal Status
- 16 Citizens and Aliens
- 17 Women
- 18 Slavery and Democracy
- Section VII Responsibility and Punishment
- Section VIII War and Amnesty
- Part C India and the Roman Republic
- Part D Rabbinic Law and the Roman Empire
- Part E Final Thoughts
- Bibliography
- Index
17 - Women
from Section VI - Legal Status
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 31 May 2019
- Ancient Legal Thought
- Ancient Legal Thought
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- General Introduction
- Maps
- Part A Ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt
- Part B Ancient Greece and China
- Section V Law, Justice, and Equity
- Section VI Legal Status
- 16 Citizens and Aliens
- 17 Women
- 18 Slavery and Democracy
- Section VII Responsibility and Punishment
- Section VIII War and Amnesty
- Part C India and the Roman Republic
- Part D Rabbinic Law and the Roman Empire
- Part E Final Thoughts
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
There are conflicting accounts of women’s role in ancient Greece, especially in Athens in the 5th and 4th centuries bce.
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- Ancient Legal ThoughtEquity, Justice, and Humaneness From Hammurabi and the Pharaohs to Justinian and the Talmud, pp. 278 - 289Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019