The Routledge Handbook of Women and Ancient Greek Philosophy

An essential reference source for cutting-edge scholarship on women/gender and philosophy in Greek antiquity. The volume features original research that crosses disciplines, offering readers an accessible guide to new methods, new sources, and new questions in the study of ancient Greek philosophy and its multiple afterlives.

Sara Brill is Professor of Philosophy at Fairfield University in Fairfield, CT, USA. She works on the psychology, politics, and ethics of Plato and Aristotle, as well as broader questions of embodiment, life, and power as points of intersection between ancient Greek philosophy and contemporary critical theory. She is the author of Aristotle on the Concept of Shared Life (Oxford UP, 2020) and Plato on the Limits of Human Life (Indiana UP, 2013), and co-editor of Antiquities Beyond Humanism (with Emanuela Bianchi and Brooke Holmes; Oxford UP, 2019).

Catherine McKeen is a philosopher whose work engages questions about women, gender, and community in Plato’s political philosophy. She teaches at Bennington College in Bennington, VT, USA.