Women in ancient Persia, 559-331 B.C./

Main Author: Brosius, Maria
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford, [England]: Clarendon Press: Oxford University Press, 1996
Series:Oxford classical monographs
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300 |a xx, 258 p. ;  |c 23 cm. 
490 0 |a Oxford classical monographs 
500 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-243) and indexes. 
500 |a Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Titles for Royal Women. The Use of basileia in Greek Sources. The Mother of the King. The King's Wife. The King'sDaughter. The Royal Concubines -- 3. Royal Marriage Alliances. TheEarly Persian Kings. Darius I. Achaemenid Kings after Darius I. Royal Daughters and the Nobility -- 4. Royal Women and the Achaemenid Court.Public Appearances. Feasting. Death and Funerary Customs. Power andPolitical Influence -- 5. Women and the Economy of Achaemenid Persia.Royal Women. Further Evidence of High-Ranking Women. Non-Royal Women --6. Conclusion -- List of Royal Marriage Alliances -- Index of AncientSources. 
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650 0 |a Women  |x Social conditions  |z Iran 
650 0 |a Women  |x Social life and customs  |z Iran 
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