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Product Description This volume collects together 14 articles published in Greece and Rome during the last 20 years by leading authorities. They cover a wide breadth of interests including history, the law, mythology, literature, and religion in Graeco-Roman antiquity. A detailed and substantial introduction has been written by Dr Gillian Clark, an expert in the field, relating the articles to the development of gender studies since they were first published. The majority of the articles themselves have been updated to take account of the latest discoveries and developments. Review `The editors have chosen to order the papers chronologically by date of publication... it does add a perspective of development within the subject which is valuable and illuminating. The quality of the articles is consistently high and the volume as a whole has a pleasing range and a depth appropriate to good sixth form and undergraduate students. The production standards are, as usual, high. Where necessary, writers have added addenda to their pieces to take account of subsequent bibliography. The book is rounded off with a full and helpful index, and a composite index of passages cited, which I find especially valuable... this collection deserves to be bought by any school or college with an interest in classical and/or gender studies.' Richard Hawley, Royal Holloway, London, Classical Review, Vol. XLVII, No. 1 '97 About the Author Peter Walcot, Professor in School of History and Archaeology, University of Wales College of Cardiff.