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Pythagorean Women: Their History and Writings
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Pythagorean Women: Their History and Writings Hardcover - 2013

by Sarah B. Pomeroy


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  • Title Pythagorean Women: Their History and Writings
  • Author Sarah B. Pomeroy
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 200
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press
  • Date 2013
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9781421409566 / 1421409569
  • Weight 0.92 lbs (0.42 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.8 in (23.11 x 15.49 x 2.03 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
    • Cultural Region: Greece
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
  • Library of Congress subjects Pythagoras and Pythagorean school, Women - Greece - Intellectual life
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2012036896
  • Dewey Decimal Code 182.208

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Sarah B. Pomeroy is Distinguished Professor of Classics and History Emerita at Hunter College and the Graduate School at the City University of New York. Her book Goddesses, Whores, Wives, and Slaves: Women in Classical Antiquity is widely recognized as the definitive book on the topic.

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