The murder of Regilla : a case of domestic violence in antiquity /
In one of the great scandals of second-century Greece, Regilla, the pregnant Roman wife of Greek philosopher and rhetorician Herodes, died from a blow to the abdomen. Drawing on archeological and textual evidence, Pomeroy carefully reconstructs Regilla's life, her eventual murder and Herodes�...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2007. |
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| Summary: | In one of the great scandals of second-century Greece, Regilla, the pregnant Roman wife of Greek philosopher and rhetorician Herodes, died from a blow to the abdomen. Drawing on archeological and textual evidence, Pomeroy carefully reconstructs Regilla's life, her eventual murder and Herodes's trial and acquittal, splendidly recreating the Greek culture of A.D. 160 and its attitudes around class, culture and sex. |
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| Physical Description: | 249 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [179]-228) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780674025837 (alk. paper) 0674025830 (alk. paper) |
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