Woman; Her Position and Influence in Ancient Greece and Rome, and Among the Early Christians

BOOK IV.

Chapter 4120 wordsPublic domain

SUPPLEMENTARY.

I. WOMEN OF THE HOMERIC PERIOD.

(1) The Gentleness of the Period 192

(2) The Darker Side of the Question 198

(3) Love-Making in Homer’s Time 205

II. WOMEN IN THE GREEK PERIOD.

(1) On the Character of Sappho 207

(2) Aspasia 210

(3) Portraits of Sappho and Aspasia 211

(4) Right of Intermarriage--ἐπιγαμία 211

(5) Athenian Citizenship 212

(6) Date of ‘Ecclesiazusæ’ 215

(7) The Women of Plautus 216

III. WOMEN IN THE ROMAN PERIOD.

(1) Women in Asia Minor 237

(2) The Speech of Augustus on Marriage 238

(3) Medical Women 240

(4) Women in Egypt 241

IV. WOMEN IN THE ANTE-NICENE PERIOD.

(1) Influence of Christianity on Women 248

(2) Callistus 249

BIBLIOGRAPHY 255

INDEX 269