A comprehensive account of the Athenian concept of women during the classical period of the fifth and fourth centuries B.C., Women in Athenian Law and Life draws on a range of evidence/Mincluding Athenian law, artistic, literature, and dramatic representations, and the

pronouncements of philosophers and moralists/Mto present an intriguing account of Athenian family law and women's place within Athenian society.