Books
The following book is required. Some possible ways to get it are listed below.
Note:In addition to the book below, we will also be reading and discussing primary and secondary source readings. All of the readings are available here on the website and are linked to from the schedule page under the weeks they are assigned, and are also collected on the PDF/Print page.
Goddesses, Whores, Wives, and Slaves: Women in Classical Antiquity
by Sarah Pomeroy. New York: Schocken Books, 1995.
Paperback: ISBN 9780805210309. Publisher cost new: $16.95.
Ebook: ISBN 9780307791474.
- Getting this book:
- Available as a full-text ebook online via Leonard Lief Library.
- Available as a physical copy in the stacks via Lief Library.
- A copy of the book is available via Cloudflare and Zlibrary.
- Available for hourly rental via the Internet Archive.
- Rent (new or used) or buy (new or used) from the Lehman Bookstore.
- Buy Kindle or paperback (new or used) via Amazon.
- Buy (new or used) via Valore Books, Abe Books, Alibris, Better World Books, or Powell’s.
- The 1995 edition has a new preface by the author and has a few updates, so try to find that rather than the original version, which was first published in 1975.
The assigned book is available from Lehman College Bookstore and from Amazon and other online retailers (try searching aggregators such as Bookfinder for the best deals). Make sure you do so enough in advance that you’ll receive the books in time for the assignments.