Fragmented and forgotten, the women poets of ancient Greece and Rome have long been overlooked by translators and scholars. Yet to Antipater of Thessalonica, wr

Although Greek society was largely male-dominated, it gave rise to a strong tradition of female authorship. Women poets of ancient Greece and Rome have long fas

The book also includes an extended section of criticism by and about women writers.

Arab women poets have been around since the earliest of times, yet their diwans (collected poems) were not given the same consideration as their male counterpar

Faint though the voices of the women of Greek and Roman antiquity may be in some cases, their sound, if we listen carefully enough, can fill many of the gaps an