Warrior Women: The Anonymous Tractatus De Mulieribus
Deborah L. Gera - Warrior Women: The Anonymous Tractatus De Mulieribus
Brill Academic Publishers | 1997 | ISBN: 9004106650 | English | 264 pages | PDF | 4.14 MB
Brill Academic Publishers | 1997 | ISBN: 9004106650 | English | 264 pages | PDF | 4.14 MB
This study analyzes the anonymous Tractatus de Mulieribus, a brief, virtually unknown Greek work, telling of fourteen outstanding women, Greek and barbarian, notable for their intelligence, initiative and courage. The first part of the book is a comprehensive introduction to the treatise and includes - in addition to the original text and an English translation - an examination of both the content and form of De Mulieribus, particularly as a catalogue of women. The times, methods, and purposes of the anonymous author are also investigated. Commentary-essays on the individual women then follow. A wide variety of sources are utilized in order to sketch the fullest possible portrait of each of these lively women. This book, the very first study of De Mulieribus, is a useful introduction to a remarkable treatise.