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Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Series page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- Map -- HOW TO USE THIS BOOK -- PART 1 THEMATIC STUDY: WOMEN IN THE ANCIENT WORLD -- Introduction to Women in the Ancient World -- 1.1 Women of Legend -- GREECE -- ROME -- 1.2 Young Women -- GREECE -- ROME -- 1.3 Women in the Home -- GREECE: ATHENS -- GREECE: SPARTA -- ROME -- 1.4 'Improper' Women -- GREECE -- ROME -- 1.5 Women and Religion -- GREECE -- ROME -- 1.6 Women in Power -- GREECE -- ROME -- 1.7 Warrior Women -- GREECE -- ROME -- 1.8 Women to be Feared -- GREECE -- ROME -- What to Expect in the Exam for Women in the Ancient World -- THE EXAMINATION -- QUESTION TYPES -- GENERAL EXAM SKILLS -- PART 2 CULTURE AND LITERATURE -- Introduction to the Culture and Literature Options -- L& -- C 1 The Homeric World -- Introduction to the Homeric World -- Culture -- 2.1 Key Sites -- THE CONCEPT AND DATING OF THE MYCENAEAN AGE -- THE LOCATION AND IMPORTANCE OF THE KEY SITES, INCLUDING MYCENAE, TIRYNS AND TROY -- THE LAYOUT AND STRUCTURES OF THE SITES OF MYCENAE AND TIRYNS -- TROY -- 2.2 Life in the Mycenaean Age -- PALACES -- HUNTING -- ARMOUR AND WEAPONS -- CHARIOTS -- CLOTHING -- TRADE -- LINEAR B TABLETS -- 2.3 Decorative Arts -- FRESCOES -- JEWELLERY -- DECORATIVE OBJECTS AND THEIR CREATION -- 2.4 Tombs, Graves and Burial -- BURIAL CUSTOMS -- STRUCTURE AND USE OF CIST GRAVES -- STRUCTURE AND USE OF SHAFT GRAVES -- STRUCTURE AND USE OF THOLOS AND CHAMBER TOMBS -- THE USE OF FUNERARY OBJECTS -- THE CONTENTS OF THE GRAVES OF GRAVE CIRCLE A AND GRAVE CIRCLE B AT MYCENAE -- Literature -- 2.5 Literary Techniques and Composition -- HOMER AS A STORY-TELLER AND THE IDEA OF EPIC -- THE PLOT OF THE ODYSSEY -- THE INDIVIDUAL BOOKS -- HOW THE ODYSSEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN COMPOSED AND PERFORMED -- 2.6 Themes -- XENIA (GUEST-FRIENDSHIP).