Powerful Women in the Ancient World. Perception and (Self)Presentation: Proceedings of the 8th Melammu Workshop, Kassel, 30 January – 1 February 2019

Kerstin Droß-Krüpe; Sebastian Fink

doi:10.5771/9783963271397

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Edition: 1/2021
Copyright Year: 2021
ISBN-Print: 978-3-96327-138-0
ISBN-Online: 978-3-96327-139-7
Publisher: Zaphon, Münster
Series: Melammu Workshops and Monographs
Volume: 4
Language: English
Pages: 588
Product Type: Edited Book

1. Table of Contents No access
Preface and Acknowledgements No access Pages 9 - 12
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Innana and En-ḫedu-ana: Mutual Empowerment and the Myth INNANA CONQUERS UR No access Pages 13 - 56
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The Many Lives of Enheduana: Identity, Authorship, and the “World’s First Poet” No access Pages 57 - 76
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Šamḫat: Deconstructing Temple Prostitution One Woman at a Time No access Pages 77 - 90
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Hatshepsut: The Feminine Horus and Daughter of Amun on the Throne of Atum No access Pages 91 - 144
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Bathsheba and Beyond: Harem Politics in the Ancient Near East No access Pages 145 - 160
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The Agency of Female Prophets in the Bible: Independent or Instrumental? Prophetic or Political? No access Pages 161 - 184
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Women at the Heart of the Tribal System in the Book of Genesis No access Pages 185 - 200
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Between a Queen and an Ordinary Woman: On Laodice and the Representation of Women in Cuneiform Sources in the Hellenistic Period No access Pages 201 - 210
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Antigone: Political Power and Resonance No access Pages 211 - 226
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Mighty, but quiet? Elpinice between Conflicting Priorities in Interpretations and Sources No access Pages 227 - 240
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On a Dynastic Mission: Olympias and Kleopatra, Agents of their House No access Pages 241 - 258
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(Re)Taking Halikarnassos: Ada, Alexander the Great and Karian Queenship No access Pages 259 - 286
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Amanishakheto: A Meroitic Ruling Queen of the Late 1st Cent. BC / Early 1st Cent. AD No access Pages 287 - 322
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Cornelia: A Powerful Woman No access Pages 323 - 348
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Domum servavit, lanam fecit: Livia and the Rewriting of the Female Model in the Augustan Age No access Pages 349 - 360
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Iulia maior on the Move: exemplum licentiae and euergetis No access Pages 361 - 378
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Der Tod Messalinas: Folge sexueller Libertinage oder Machtkalkül? No access Pages 379 - 412
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Feminine, influential and different? The Presentation of Julia Domna No access Pages 413 - 432
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Zenobia of Palmyra: A Female Roman Ruler in Times of Crisis No access Pages 433 - 452
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“Earthly yoke”? The Estate of Valeria Melania No access Pages 453 - 474
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Shirin in Context: Female Agency and the Wives of the Sasanian King Khosrow Parviz No access Pages 475 - 498
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Cleopatra as a Strong Woman in Modern Times: A Less Negative Episode in a Disfigured Tradition? No access Pages 499 - 518
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Rome Herself: Female Characters in Günther Birkenfeld’s Augustus Novels (1934–1984) No access Pages 519 - 540
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Depicting the Palmyrene Queen Zenobia: From Baroque “femmes fortes” to Modern Comic Books No access Pages 541 - 566
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Bios No access Pages 567 - 572
Index No access Pages 573 - 586