Routledge Handbook of Women and Ancient Greek Philosophy

<p><em>The</em> <em>Routledge Handbook of Women and Ancient Greek Philosophy</em> is an essential reference source for cutting-edge scholarship on women gender and philosophy in Greek antiquity. The volume features original research that crosses disciplines offering readers an accessible guide to new methods new sources and new questions in the study of ancient Greek philosophy and its multiple afterlives. </p><p>Comprising 40 chapters from a diverse international group of experts the <i>Handbook</i> considers questions about women and gender in sources from Greek antiquity spanning the period from 7th c. BCE to 2nd c. BCE and in receptions of Greek antiquity from the Roman Imperial period through the European Renaissance to the current day. Chapters are organized into five major sections: </p><p>I. Early Greek antiquity – including Sappho Presocratic philosophy Sophists and Greek tragedy – 700s–400s BCE<br>II. Classical Greek antiquity – including Aeschines Plato and Xenophon – 400s–300s BCE<br>III. Late Classical Greek to Hellenistic antiquity – including Cyrenaics Cynics the Hippocratic corpus and Aristotle – 300s–200s BCE<br>IV. Late Greek antiquity to Roman Imperial period – including Pythagorean women Stoics Pyrrhonian Skeptics and late Platonists – 200s BCE to 700s CE<br>V. Later receptions – including Shakespeare the European Renaissance Anna Julia Cooper W.E.B. DuBois Jane Harrison Sarah Kofman and Toni Morrison</p><p><em>The</em> <i>Routledge Handbook of Women and Ancient Greek Philosophy</i> is a vital resource for students and scholars in philosophy Classics and gender studies who want to gain a deeper understanding of philosophy’s rich past and explore sources and questions beyond the traditional canon. The volume is a valuable resource as well for students and scholars from history humanities literature political science religious studies rhetorical studies theatre and LGBTQ and sexuality studies.</p>