Encyclopedia of Women in the Ancient World

This is an A-Z encyclopedia on women in the ancient world with entries which include: why Cleopatra seduced Julius Caesar and Mark Anthony, engulfing the Roman Empire in bloody civil war; the historical evidence that substantiates tales of sexual rites in Babylonian temples; how the Greek women who served the god Apollo at Delphi uttered pronouncements that changed the course of history; and the story of the Amazons that fascinated ancient and modern societies.