THE PROJECT
Brief Description
An interdisciplinary approach to the study of women in Roman Greece.
The research program “Greek Matronae: Female Civic Presence and Self-Representation in Imperial Greece (1st - 3rd c. CE)” is an interdisciplinary approach to the study of women in Roman Greece, aiming to examine for the first time thoroughly and systematically the activity and visual representation of women in the public life of the cities of the Roman province of Achaea during the period 31 BCE - 235 CE.
It was financially supported by the Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (“3rd Call for H.F.R.I. Research Projects to Support Post-Doctoral Researchers”) and hosted by the National Hellenic Research Foundation – Institute of Historical Research (IHR/NHRF).
SCULPTURE
all surviving female portrait sculpture from the province is equally included. All known examples of female portrait statues, preserving either the body or the head of the statue or sometimes both are catalogued.
INSCRIPTIONS
inscriptions attesting female civic presence in the cities of the Roman province of Achaea. These consist mainly of honorific inscriptions (set up by women or in honor of women) and votive inscriptions to deities, dedicated by women.
