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The Sea Is Hers: The Power and Peril of Java’s Spirit Queen
Kanjeng Ratu Kidul is a well-known figure in Javanese mythology who is still venerated by the Javanese today as the spirit queen of the Indian Ocean.…
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History has always held secrets: women who loved fiercely, ruled ruthlessly, defied the sacred, broke the rules, and lived lives far stranger than the stories that survived them.
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Victims, Seers and Women of Action: The Sibyls of the Ancient World
Virgil, in his Aeneid, describes Deiphobe, better known as the Sibyl of Cumae, as coming from “a hundred perforations in the rock, a hundred mouths from…
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Well written and informative quick read with an excellent bibliography. This can be reconsidered as an opening salvo for further studies as it opens the door to Asia for those looking for the Goddess.
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The Women Who Ruled Rome: Power Behind the Severan Throne
Elagabalus, the late emperor's first cousin once removed, had a dubious claim to the throne. However, his fiercely ambitious grandmother, Julia Maesa,…
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The Dangerous Virtue of Five Women: The Panchakanya of Ancient India
The Panchakanya (the five virgins) are female characters in the two great epics of India, Ramayana and Mahabharata. Each of them is…
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Empire Begins at Home: Cornelia and the Making of Roman Men
There's a painting based on a story written by Valerius Maximus, a first-century Roman writer. The book provides an incident from Cornelia's…
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