Athena's Sisters Reclaiming the Women of Classical Athens

'Katherine Backler shows how much we can learn about women's actual lives and relationships to one another from fourth-century BC orations and inscriptions, all of which offer much more specific information about the authentic lives of women in the ancient Greek world than can be gleaned from epic and drama. The result is a more detailed, dynamic and positive picture of women's lives than can be derived from literary texts alone.' Mary Lefkowitz, Mellon Professor Emerita in the Humanities and Professor Emerita of Classical Studies at Wellesley College