New research is uncovering a richer, more complex picture of women's roles as wives, priestesses, and scholars in ancient Greece. A woman places her robe in a chest in a fifth century B.C. Greek ...

At times of transition, art looks to its roots. This spring, a new theater opened and an established theater director left by paying homage to the dawn of Western theater — that is, Greek drama ...

Female rebellion is at the heart of the Greek story about the creation of the world.Gaia, the Earth goddess, rebels against her husband Ouranos, the Sky, who smothers her and refuses to let her ...

The idea that women were inferior to men was a widely held belief in ancient Greek society, and one that would go on to influence Western culture for many centuries thanks in large part to the ...

Novels that take on the marginalized or vilified women in mythology are flooding bookstores and reigniting questions about who gets to tell these stories, and how. By Alexandra Alter For centuries ...

A new study by Northwestern’s Institute for Policy Research found while women in sororities value ideals of feminism and equality, their experiences in Greek life conflict with those ideals. The ...

After some hard-fought victories, women’s rights are threatened again in many parts of the world. In the United States, the Supreme Court overturned women’s right to abortion in June 2022 ...

Mural with Hades abducting Persephone in a chariot. From Le Musée absolu, Phaidon, via Wikimedia Commons Mortal women. Greek culture, however, was suspicious of strong-willed women and portrayed ...

What Greek Mythology Teaches Us About Women’s Resistance and Rebellion Marie-Claire Beaulieu After some hard-fought victories, women’s rights are threatened again in many parts of the world.