Female domestic servants in Herodotus and Xenophon

Authors

  • Guillermina González Almenara Universidad de La Laguna

Keywords:

Woman, Semantics, Historiography, Status

Abstract

A semantic study of the vocabulary used to designate female domestic servants in Classical Greek historiography, paying special attention to sociocultural differences in meaning which establish the status of these women.

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Published

2007-06-15

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How to Cite

González Almenara, Guillermina. 2007. “Female Domestic Servants in Herodotus and Xenophon”. Fortunatae, no. 18 (June): 43-48. https://www.ull.es/revistas/index.php/fortvnatae/article/view/3471.