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Despite a common perception that most writing in antiquity was produced by men, some important literature written by women during this period has survived. Edit

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

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

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