Jody Rubin Pinault received her Ph.D. in classical studies from the University of Pennsylvania in 1983 and is currently a visiting assistant professor in the Classics Department of Colgate University. Recent publications include 'A Diagnostic Challenge from the Past: the 'Plague' at Athens in 430 B.C.' and 'How Hippocrates Cured the Plague.' In May, 1992, her article, 'The Medical Case for Virginity in the Early Second Century A.D.: Soranus of Ephesus' Gynecology I.32', will appear in a special double issue of Helios on women and ancient medicine.

Jody Rubin Pinault received her Ph.D. in classical studies from the University of Pennsylvania in 1983 and is currently a visiting assistant professor in the Classics Department of Colgate University. Recent publications include 'A Diagnostic Challenge from the Past: the 'Plague' at Athens in 430 B.C.' and 'How Hippocrates Cured the Plague.' In May, 1992, her article, 'The Medical Case for Virginity in the Early Second Century A.D.: Soranus of Ephesus' Gynecology I.32', will appear in a special double issue of Helios on women and ancient medicine.

Jody Rubin Pinault received her Ph.D. in classical studies from the University of Pennsylvania in 1983 and is currently a visiting assistant professor in the Classics Department of Colgate University. Recent publications include 'A Diagnostic Challenge from the Past: the 'Plague' at Athens in 430 B.C.' and 'How Hippocrates Cured the Plague.' In May, 1992, her article, 'The Medical Case for Virginity in the Early Second Century A.D.: Soranus of Ephesus' Gynecology I.32', will appear in a special double issue of Helios on women and ancient medicine.