| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | A Companion to Women in the Ancient World |
| Publisher | Wiley-Blackwell |
| Pages | 316-328 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781405192842 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Feb 13 2012 |
Keywords
- Greek dowry in Egypt, supporting the wife, in marriage and after its dissolution
- Papyri in the Hellenistic period, objective reality of women's lives
- Ptolemaic queens, associations with goddesses, as Aphrodite, Demeter
- Ptolemaic queens, prominence, popularity of Queen Arsinoe II
- Role accorded women in religious life, priestly offices and performing rites
- Sarah Pomeroy's Goddesses, Whores, Wives, and Slaves
- Tutelage of women in Hellenistic Egypt, and legal capacity of Egyptian women
- Upper-class women, inscriptions honoring wives and daughters of the elite
- Women of Ptolemaic Egypt, and papyrology, linguistic, ethnic
- Worship of queens of Macedonian origin, tied with the royal family
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Arts and Humanities(all)
Cite this
Parca, M. (2012). The Women of Ptolemaic Egypt: The View from Papyrology. In A Companion to Women in the Ancient World (pp. 316-328). Wiley-Blackwell. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444355024.ch23