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- "Until Death Us Do Part": Marriage and Funeral Rites in Classical Athens - Article on ceremonies of marriage and death in ancient Athens, implications for status of Athenian women.
www.perseus.tufts.edu/classes/JSp.html
- Amazons of Greek Mythology - Brief summary of Amazon myths, listing of Amazon warriors. Part of Xena fan site.
whoosh.org/issue12/ruffel3.html
- Ancient Greek Civilizations: The Women of Athens - The Ancient Greek Cultures exhibit includes information on the Minoans, Myceneans and Greek cultures such as the Dorians, Ionians, Aeolians and Phoenicians. Also included are the full length texts of the Illiad and the Odyssey by Homer.
emuseum.mnsu.edu/prehistory/aegean/culture/womenofathens.html
- Ancient Greek Women in Athens - Summary overview of the position of women in Ancient Athens.
www.angelfire.com/ca3/ancientchix
- Daily Life Ancient Greece - Overview of main aspects of ancient Greek life, with some information concerning the position of Greek women in family, religion, social life and mores.
members.aol.com/Donnclass/Greeklife.html
- Encyclopaedia Romana: Hetairai - Discussion of ancient Greek profession of hetairai, prostitutes who were permitted intellectual and sexual freedoms in Greek culture.
itsa.ucsf.edu/%7Esnlrc/encyclopaedia_romana/greece/hetairai/hetairai.html
- Goddess Worship in Ancient Greece - Introduction to ancient worship of the female Greek gods including Demeter and Kore, Hecate, Hera, others.
www-unix.oit.umass.edu/~clit387/Worship.html
- Male Authors and Women - Article discussing the portrayal of women in Ancient Greek literature as written by male authors. From Tufts' "Women in Antiquity" course.
www.perseus.tufts.edu/classes/EPp.html
- Olympia 2- Women and the Games - History of women in ancient Greek athletics including the Olympic Games and Heraea Games.
www.perseus.tufts.edu/cl135/Students/Leslie_DesMarteau/olympia2.htm
- Poetry of Sappho - Biography and selected works in translation of the Greek Sappho, preeminent woman poet of antiquity.
www.sappho.com/poetry/historical/sappho.html
- Spartan Women in Herodotos - Discussion of the treatment of Spartan women in the works of the Greek historian, Herodotus.
www.geocities.com/Athens/Aegean/7849/herodotos.html
- The Ancient Greek World Index - Under"Daily Life/Women's Life" are articles and images illustrating the life of women in Ancient Greece.
www.museum.upenn.edu/Greek_World/Index.html
- The Divine Sappho - Life, works of famous Greek poetess, Sappho. Includes H.T. Wharton's "Life" of Sappho, poems in translation, other classical references.
classicpersuasion.org/pw/sappho
- The Ecole Initiative: The Eleusinian Mysteries - Discussion of known facts about the rites of the Eleusinian Mysteries in which Greek priestesses were significantly involved.
users.erols.com/nbeach/eleusis.html
- The Feminine Voice at Delphi - Article about the female role of the Pythia, priestess of the Oracle of Apollo at Delphi.
www.perseus.tufts.edu/cl135/Students/Leslie_DesMarteau/delphi.htm
- The Role of Women in Ancient Greek Art - Index to multiple facets of women in Greek mythology, their impact on Greek art, Greek history and lifestyles.
apk.net/~fjk/wmenu.html
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