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- catalog abstract "The exploits of the Persian kings are famous, but who has heard of Irdabama, a formidable landowner who controlled a huge workforce and ran her own wine and grain business? This book is the first to examine the economic and political importance of women in the first Persian empire (559-331 BC). Governed by Achaemenid kings and their satraps, this vast realm stretched from Asia Minor to India. Ancient Greek writers on Persian history give us a glimpse of the influential role played by some individual women at these courts, but these are sporadic and hardly reliable accounts of a few colourful femme fatales in the royal family, designed to show up the scandalous machinations of barbarian women gaining political control and causing the decline and effeminacy of the Persian kings. This book is the first to demonstrate the true importance of not only royal but non-royal women in Persia, with the benefit of contemporary Persian and Babylonian sources. By approaching the subject from a Near Eastern perspective, and thoroughly re-examining the Greek sources, the author brings to life a rich and much more detailed picture of the role of women in ancient Persia.".
- catalog contributor b9098281.
- catalog coverage "Iran Civilization To 640.".
- catalog coverage "Iran Kings and rulers.".
- catalog created "1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1996.".
- catalog description "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's Daughter. The Royal Concubines -- 3. Royal Marriage Alliances. The Early 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 and Political 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 Ancient Sources.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-243) and indexes.".
- catalog description "The exploits of the Persian kings are famous, but who has heard of Irdabama, a formidable landowner who controlled a huge workforce and ran her own wine and grain business? This book is the first to examine the economic and political importance of women in the first Persian empire (559-331 BC). Governed by Achaemenid kings and their satraps, this vast realm stretched from Asia Minor to India. Ancient Greek writers on Persian history give us a glimpse of the influential role played by some individual women at these courts, but these are sporadic and hardly reliable accounts of a few colourful femme fatales in the royal family, designed to show up the scandalous machinations of barbarian women gaining political control and causing the decline and effeminacy of the Persian kings. This book is the first to demonstrate the true importance of not only royal but non-royal women in Persia, with the benefit of contemporary Persian and Babylonian sources. By approaching the subject from a Near Eastern perspective, and thoroughly re-examining the Greek sources, the author brings to life a rich and much more detailed picture of the role of women in ancient Persia.".
- catalog extent "xx, 258 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Women in ancient Persia, 559-331 BC.".
- catalog identifier "0198150091 (acid-free paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Women in ancient Persia, 559-331 BC.".
- catalog isPartOf "Oxford classical monographs".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog relation "Women in ancient Persia, 559-331 BC.".
- catalog spatial "Iran Civilization To 640.".
- catalog spatial "Iran Kings and rulers.".
- catalog spatial "Iran".
- catalog subject "305.4/0935 20".
- catalog subject "Achaemenid dynasty, 559 B.C.-330 B.C.".
- catalog subject "Achaemenid dynasty, 559-330 B. C.".
- catalog subject "HQ1130 .B76 1996".
- catalog subject "Women Iran History.".
- catalog subject "Women Iran Social conditions.".
- catalog subject "Women Iran Social life and customs.".
- catalog subject "Women Political activity Iran History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "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's Daughter. The Royal Concubines -- 3. Royal Marriage Alliances. The Early 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 and Political 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 Ancient Sources.".
- catalog title "Women in ancient Persia, 559-331 BC / Maria Brosius.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".