Powerful women in the ancient world: perception and (self)presentation : proceedings of the 8th Melammu Workshop, Kassel, 30 January - 1 February 2019
Intro -- Table of Contents -- Droß-Krüpe / Fink: Preface and Acknowledgements -- Zgoll: Innana and En-ḫedu-ana: Mutual Empowerment and the Myth INNANA CONQUERS UR -- Konstantopoulos: The Many Lives of Enheduana: Identity, Authorship, and the "World's First Poet" -- Brisch: Šamḫat: Dec...
| Résumé: | Intro -- Table of Contents -- Droß-Krüpe / Fink: Preface and Acknowledgements -- Zgoll: Innana and En-ḫedu-ana: Mutual Empowerment and the Myth INNANA CONQUERS UR -- Konstantopoulos: The Many Lives of Enheduana: Identity, Authorship, and the "World's First Poet" -- Brisch: Šamḫat: Deconstructing Temple Prostitution One Woman at a Time -- Warburton: Hatshepsut: The Feminine Horus and Daughter of Amun on the Throne of Atum -- Llewellyn-Jones: Bathsheba and Beyond: Harem Politics in the Ancient Near East -- Nissinen: The Agency of Female Prophets in the Bible: Independent or Instrumental? Prophetic or Political? -- Anthonioz: Women at the Heart of the Tribal System in the Book of Genesis -- Corò: Between a Queen and an Ordinary Woman: On Laodice and the Representation of Women in Cuneiform Sources in the Hellenistic Period -- Horst: Antigone: Political Power and Resonance -- Krüpe: Mighty, but quiet? Elpinice between Conflicting Priorities in Interpretations and Sources -- Müller: On a Dynastic Mission: Olympias and Kleopatra, Agents of their House -- Howe: (Re)Taking Halikarnassos: Ada, Alexander the Great and Karian Queenship -- Kuckertz: Amanishakheto: A Meroitic Ruling Queen of the Late 1st Cent. BC / Early 1st Cent. AD -- Schnegg: Cornelia: A Powerful Woman -- Rohr Vio: Domum servavit, lanam fecit: Livia and the Rewriting of the Female Model in the Augustan Age -- Kunst: Iulia maior on the Move: exemplum licentiae and euergetis -- Schneider: Der Tod Messalinas: Folge sexueller Libertinage oder Machtkalkül? -- Truschnegg: Feminine, influential and different? The Presentation of Julia Domna -- Hartmann: Zenobia of Palmyra: A Female Roman Ruler in Times of Crisis -- Milewski: "Earthly yoke"? The Estate of Valeria Melania -- Short / MacDonald: Shirin in Context: Female Agency and the Wives of the Sasanian King Khosrow Parviz. |
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| Description: | "This volume is the result of the 8th Melammu Workshop "(Self-)Presentation and Perception of Powerful Women in the Ancient World" that took place in Kassel from January 30th to February 1st 2019" (Preface and Acknowledgements) Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| ISBN: | 3963271396 |