Widows and Patriarchy : Ancient and Modern

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Widows and Patriarchy : Ancient and ModernIn "Widows and Patriarchy" Thomas McGinn begins with the view that ancient society was structured by a 'spectrum of statuses' and applies this insight to the position of women, primarily that of widows, in three historical periods: Greek and Roman antiquity, late medieval and early modern Europe, and the late nineteenth and early twentieth century West. In all these cultures widows comprise a problematic category of adult women who are notionally

that Aristotle came to work

Rose applies the insights of Marxist theory to a number of central Greek literary and philosophical texts

nor has there ever been a report of such a plane ever going missing

obscenity and farce

as my childhood had been marked by successive visits to "mom's work

a bit of Book 5 and all Book 6 (31–37)

ενώ στο οπισθόφυλλο ο συγγραφέας σημειώνει με νόημα: "Όλα μπορείς να τα δεις και να τα κάνεις στον Πειραιά

the terrible Sirens

It concludes with chapters on restraint and slave revolts

μπαίνουν σε ναρκοπέδια και χάνονται

In his passionate defence of Milo

An entertaining and enlightening collection of ancient writings about the philosophers who advocated simple living and rejected unthinking conformity