Virgin and the Bride : Idealized Womanhood in Late Antiquity

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Virgin and the Bride : Idealized Womanhood in Late AntiquityDuring 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. How this new concept and figure of purity is connected with indeed, how it abetted social and religious change is the subject of Kate Cooper's book. The Romans saw marital concord as a symbol of social unity

βαθιά τρομακτικό μυθιστόρημα

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This is the first modern commentary in English

and an index

προκαλώντας τη μήνη των μεγάλων

The Penguin Latin Dictionary is a brand new

What links can be drawn between the Aeneid and today's global politics

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sections 1–7 and 10–11

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