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 ...

Depending on your age, it’s a fair chance that you learned about the Greek myths through one ... and more diverse perspective.” In Ancient Greece the women whose stories are sidelined or ...

However, despite laws and social norms that severely limited women’s autonomy, “Kyladitisses” shows that they still found ways to be influential in ancient Greek society. The idea that women ...

Women were expected to obey their male relatives, particularly their husbands and fathers. Despite these limitations, they ...

In ancient Greece ... were brought in for the later stages. Pictures of symposia on vases show these women performing semi-naked between the reclining guests who, hands behind their heads ...

placing women at the center of familiar, ancient myths feels like a necessary and overdue corrective. For most of recorded history, Greek and Roman mythology has been dominated by men, from ...

According to historical sources, "women" — specifically meaning, in that time and culture, married, childbearing females — were not allowed to attend or participate in the original Olympic ...

Women were not allowed to attend the Olympic Games in ancient Greece. Rating: Mixture (About this rating?) What's True: According to historical sources, "women" — specifically meaning, in that ...

A new book tells the history of the ancient world through women. Here author Daisy Dunn explores what they had to say about their own sexuality – flying in the face of misogynist male stereotypes.