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192 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780674939509
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 15 May 1999
Description
During the last centuries of the Roman Empire, the prevailing ideal of feminine virtue was radically transformed: the pure but fertile heroines of Greek and Roman romance were replaced by a Christian heroine who ardently refused the marriage bed. ...
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192 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780674939509
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 15 May 1999
Description
During the last centuries of the Roman Empire, the prevailing ideal of feminine virtue was radically transformed: the pure but fertile heroines of Greek and Roman romance were replaced by a Christian heroine who ardently refused the marriage bed. ...
Community Reviews
Content Warnings