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Amazons of Greek Mythology
Brief summary of Amazon myths, listing of Amazon warriors. Part of Xena fan site.
http://whoosh.org/issue12/ruffel3.html
The Ancient Greek World Index
Under"Daily Life/Women's Life" are articles and images illustrating the life of women in Ancient Greece.
http://www.museum.upenn.edu/Greek_World/Index.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.
http://emuseum.mnsu.edu/prehistory/aegean/culture/womenofathens.html
"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.
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/classes/JSp.html
The Feminine Voice at Delphi
Article about the female role of the Pythia, priestess of the Oracle of Apollo at Delphi.
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cl135/Students/Leslie_DesMarteau/delphi.htm
Encyclopaedia Romana: Hetairai
Discussion of ancient Greek profession of hetairai, prostitutes who were permitted intellectual and sexual freedoms in Greek culture.
http://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.
http://www-unix.oit.umass.edu/~clit387/Worship.html
The Ecole Initiative: The Eleusinian Mysteries
Discussion of known facts about the rites of the Eleusinian Mysteries in which Greek priestesses were significantly involved.
http://users.erols.com/nbeach/eleusis.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.
http://classicpersuasion.org/pw/sappho/
Ancient Greek Women in Athens
Summary overview of the position of women in Ancient Athens.
http://www.angelfire.com/ca3/ancientchix/
Spartan Women in Herodotos
Discussion of the treatment of Spartan women in the works of the Greek historian, Herodotus.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Aegean/7849/herodotos.html
Olympia 2- Women and the Games
History of women in ancient Greek athletics including the Olympic Games and Heraea Games.
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cl135/Students/Leslie_DesMarteau/olympia2.htm
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.
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/classes/EPp.html
Poetry of Sappho
Biography and selected works in translation of the Greek Sappho, preeminent woman poet of antiquity.
http://www.sappho.com/poetry/sappho.html
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