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Table of contents :
Frontmatter --
Contents --
Acknowledgments --
Introduction --
Chronology --
1. The Maternal Models --
2. The Worthy and Enlightened --
3. The Sympathetic and Wise --
4. The Chaste and Compliant --
5. The Principled and Righteous --
6. The Accomplished Rhetoricians --
7. The Depraved and Favored --
8. Supplementary Biographies --
Notes --
Works Cited --
Index --
Backmatter