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The Divine Sappho, classic English versions of Sappho, featuring Henry Thornton Whartons Sappho. ...
http://classicpersuasion.org/pw/sappho/
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- Art of Ancient Greece
The purpose of this site is to educate the people of the world about the role of women in the art of ancient Greece. Any income from this site in the past has been used only to suport the site. Unfortunately there is no board of directorsreviewers to ...
http://fjkluth.com/
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- Marriage and Funeral Rites in Classical Athens
In the ancient Mediterranean world there was hardly room for choice: not only was marriage destiny, but so was death. The identity of the Classical Greek world is established through the traditional sacrifices and rituals that were practiced in these ...
http://perseus.tufts.edu/classes/JSp.html
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- Greek Mythology
Although Amazons have spread through many cultures, they originated from Greek myth. Xena also was inspired from the Greek world, so due to that, the following Amazons discussed are only from Greek myth. I also refer to Hercules as Herakles, because ...
http://whoosh.org/issue12/ruffel3.html
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- Ecole Initiative
The Eleusinian Mysteries, held annually in honor of Demeter and Persephone, were the most sacred and revered of all the ritual celebrations of ancient Greece. They were instituted in the city of Eleusis, some twentytwo kilometers west of Athens, poss ...
http://users.erols.com/nbeach/eleusis.html
| | - The Ancient Greek Women in Athens
The celebrations or ‘gamos’ was held to honor the passing of a girl from her father to her husband. These celebrations could vary in length and religious influence. The bride would be washed and dressed by female relatives. A white dress would be wor ...
http://angelfire.com/ca3/ancientchix/
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- Life of an Athenian Woman
The evolution of Greek art and archaeology and thus the portrayal of women should first be examined against the background social, political and economic conditions. This essay will discuss the portrayal of women in Athens as well as other areas in ...
http://www1.hollins.edu/faculty/saloweyca/Athenian%20Woman/Nadia%20Manifold...
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The Center for Hellenic Studies CHS is a research institute located in Washington D.C.that is affiliated with Harvard University. It was founded in 1962 by means of an endowment made exclusively for the establishment of an educational center in the f ...
http://chs.harvard.edu/discussion_series.sec/athenian_law.ssp/athenian_law_...
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- The Spartan Women in Herodotos
Spartan women make several appearances in The Histories of Herodotos. In the stories, the Spartan women act as mothers, daughters, wives and queens and they participate in the political and social arenas. Herodotos also quite often shows the women as ...
http://geocities.com/Athens/Aegean/7849/herodotos.html
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Prostitution was legal in Athens, as long as it was not practiced by an Athenian citizen. This meant that prostitutes tended either to be slaves, whether female or male, or metics, who, not being born of Athenian parents could not themselves be citiz ...
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/greece/hetairai/he...
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