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 ...

Ancient Greek Vase Depicting Mother Aphrodite Disciplining Her Unruly Child With a Sandal Awes Researchers The interesting ...

Due to job losses in the social services, e.g. caring for children, the sick and the elderly, the burden of care reverted to the women of the family. But that doesn’t mean the crisis has driven the ...

Children played with small pottery ... They used this for cooking, in oil lamps and cosmetics. Men and women usually ate separately in ancient Greece. Rich people always ate at home - only ...

In ancient Greece, wealthy men often gathered for decadent banquets called symposia. Not only an occasion for thinking and philosophizing, the symposium was also a place for enjoying women ...

The funerary stele of Mnesagora and Nikochares, an ancient Greek marble relief from Vari, near Athens,is a stunning example ...

Greek archaeologists uncovered a grave of an ancient noblewoman buried with her golden jewelry on the island of Sikinos.

Religious ceremonies were among the few public events where women had roles. Shared religious rites united ancient Greek villages and regions. Worship intially was communal, but as people sought ...