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Ancient Greece of the Classical period during the fifth and fourth centuries B.C. was never what one might call a peaceful land. The ancient world was a difficult place to live, and without aid services, anyone unable or unwilling to adapt and provide for themselves their families would not survive long. The lives of refugees while in exile are very poorly documented by contemporary authors. As the first volume of the book series "The Marginals of...
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A woman in the Classical Greece of the fifth century moved through several pre-defined stages in her life. Each stage was signified biologically by a loss of blood from the woman and by social rituals which serve to highlight the transition into a new stage. The goddess Artemis seems to be active at each of these stages of a woman's development. This volume investigates the positioning and placement of women, both real and mythical, as they progress...
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Literature of captivity with fictional representations of slavery is ubiquitous in Greek and Latin novels of the Roman Empire period, typically in the shadow of major protagonists and their heroic narratives. This volume through an interdisciplinary academic lens analyzes multiple ancient texts and narratives of the literary theory, in dialog with medieval and colonial accounts of contemporary slavery. It has been attempted to stress the unique cultural,...