Hardback sold over 1200 copies in 8 months at #30
Author has trained as anthropologist (as well as classicist) which gives unusual perspective to his treatment
Gorgeous full-colour cover will enable attractive displays alongside Women in Roman Law and Society, reissued also with full colour cover)
`Just neatly draws [the several] facets of the composite image of women, as creatures defective in rationality and self-control ... that can be found dispersed through literary sources of various types. He shows how all ultimately depend on the self-image of men.' - Jane Gardner, The Times
`Excellent, thoroughly readable ... Just draws a clear and vivid picture of the social complexities which constitute the stuff of life in Classical Athens.' - Times Literary Supplement
`Admirably lucid ... mature and well-developed book.' - Times Higher Education Supplement
`It must be the best introduction to the subject now available, and should be read by everyone interested in ancient Athens from sixth-form students upwards.' - London Association of Classical Teachers Newsletter