Based on a sophisticated reading of legal evidence, this book offers a balanced assessment of the status of women in classical Greece. Raphael Sealey analyzes t

Largely excluded from any public role, the women of ancient Greece nonetheless appear in various guises in the art and writing of the period, and in legal docum

Crime and punishment, criminal law and its administration, are areas of ancient history that have been explored less than many other aspects of ancient civiliza

This highly acclaimed collection provides a unique look into the public and private lives and legal status of Greek and Roman women of all social classes-from w

The ancient Greeks invented written law. Yet, in contrast to later societies in which law became a professional discipline, the Greeks treated laws as component