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Episode 74, Marriage and Domesticity.

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ancient Greeks. The number of powerful female Olympian deities, like Hera, Demeter, Athena and Aphrodite,

and the pivotal role of females in Greek myth like Penelope, Helen, and Medea.

Not to mention the female prominence in the world of monsters, like the Gorgons, sirens and sphinxes, and prowess on the battlefield, like

the Amazons, contrasts sharply with the restricted lives of most mortal Greek women that comes down to us through the sources.

Naturally, much of the evidence for women in classical Greece comes from Athens, where the law drew sharp distinctions between women based on their social stratum,

those being free-born, medic, and slave.

However, none of these women, whatever their station in life, had any political rights whatsoever,

as Athenian society, like most ancient cultures, was dominated entirely by men. Still though, one must be cautious about allowing the

image of the female residents of Athens to represent Greek women in general.

Athens was in many ways an unusual city. It was bigger, richer, and more powerful

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