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The above are sponsors of this web page. involves a Spa. I have to name it and do a logo, I am interedted in the Greek Gods and would like to find a suitable subject. The goddess of Beauty or Beautiful skin or something that has to do with Balance, harmony and wellness or the garden of Eden any suggestions?
Answer: Hygeia.
Question: Where can i find ppictures of Greek chariots
Question: How did ancien greece whent down hill?
Answer: They were too willing to fight among themselves.
Question: what did the women do when they were younger?
Answer: As soon as they were old enough to learn they were taught work skills. A soon as they learned how to work they did.
Question: why should women in all countrys be in military?
Answer: Read Lysistrata by Aristophanes.
Lysistrata
Question: what were ancient greek politics like?
Question: Role of Bards
Answer: Bards are important tranmitters and preservers of culture. Bards are persons who memorized stories and poems and presented them at fairs, festivals, and cultural events. They would travel about the country telling their stories to whoever would listen to them and compensate them for their effort. A few bards would versify a story but most were involved simply in the reciting or retelling of the story. Stories were told because people had a desire for news, history, and entertainment. In the days before the written word, people depended upon bards for this. Stories became versified because they were easier to memorize then, and they were more entertaining to the audience. Because news was an issue, credibility was a virture, but stories did seem to get modified for political reasons, to suit tastes, and, no doubt, to create a more exciting tale. Bards depended upon the listeners' contributions for their living. In the Odyssey there are two bards (or minstrels) described: Phemius, son of Terpes, who sang for the wooers, and the divine minstrel Demodocus, who sang to the court of Alcinous.
Question: how did civil disobedience play a role during this time? Please email me if u get the answer, Thanks!
Answer: Socrates practiced civil disobedience and was very effective during his life from 469 to 399 BCE. He had a profound effect on a number of people including Plato. You can read about Socrates' last disobedience in Plato's Symposium.
Question: chariots of the sun
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Question: Argos
Answer: Argos was the most powerful city in Greece during the Heroic age. Homer considered the entire Peloponnese to be part of Argos. The territory of Argos included Mycenae, Tiryns, Nauplia, and Asine. Agamemnon was associated with both Mycenae and Argos. Its power waned during the 8th and 7th centuries BCE.
Question: what role did women play in theatre
Answer: Only that they were models for some of the characters.
Question: Were women artists?
Answer: Yes. There were famous women painters, but their work has not survived.
Question: where can i find the greek god for earth
Answer: Gaia is the goddess Earth.
Question: Who is the Greek Goddess of agriculture
Answer: Demeter
Question: literature of the ancient greece (folktales)
Answer: The mythology of ancient Greece are the folktales of ancient Greece.
Question: How did the role of greek woman compare to cleopatra, the queen of egypt?
Answer: Only the Amazon queens can be compared to Cleopatra.
Question: what is the symbolic meaning of the dove in greek time period. i saw a piece of greek work and there is a lttle girl holding two doves,,i'm so wondering why she is holding the doves. is there any symbolic meaning of the doves??please, help me out ,,thanks
Answer: The difference between a dove and a pidgeon is slight, but those birds are pigeons. Pigeons were a common pet in Greek times and the little girl is holding her pet pigeons.
Question: who was nemises
Answer: Nemesis was the goddess of retributive justice, or vengeance. "Also deadly Night bare Nemesis (Indignation) to afflict mortal men, and after her, Deceit and Friendship and hateful Age and hard-hearted Strife. (ll. 211-225)THE THEOGONY of Hesiod.
Question: how were woman recieved by thier male conunterparts?
Answer: Greek men liked beautiful but passive women who were interested in having babies and raising them.
Question: did women play sports
Answer: Yes they did. Click on the Menu directory below then click on Olympics.
Question: Were there any Greek goddesses of water? How about a female Titan that had the power of water?
Answer: Aphrodite is the goddess of water, but Poseidon had the power of water. This is also a Titan Ocean who had 3000 daughters, the so-called Oceanids. In addition there were many water nymphs associated with springs and streams.
Question: I need to do an autobiography on Homer. I know that there is not much imfo. on him, but Im supposed to write about what it would have been like when and where he lived. Can you tell me where i could find this information?
Answer: There is no information on Homer, nothing. There is little information about anyone in Greece at the time he lived. His writings are not a good indicator of his life because they are about lives 500 years before. But Homer was a bard, and there are bards alive even today that can give you and indication of what his life must have been like.
Question: What are the following Gods of Eros, Epimetheus, Dionysus, Aeolus, Prometheus
Answer:
Question: what is a stolla and palla?
Answer: about the stola and palla thing - it's classical Roman dress for a girl or woman. The stola is the gown and the palla the cloak.
Question: WHY IS MUSES MOM MNEMOSYNE
Answer: Songs come from the memory of experiences so the Muses come from the goddess of memory.
Question: Do You Have Any Pictures Of Greek Masks?
Answer: An article about masks is at: Click here ans at Click here
Question: closest association of greek goddess and sports/athletes
Answer: Artemis liked competitive sports, and Athena had an athletic festival dedicated to her.
Question: What was the sourse of writing called for Greeks
Answer: The Greeks thought writing was a divine gift of the gods.
Question: can you list words that has a ancient classical origin from Greek. example- Pandora's box, Olympic's. also, can you list ancient Greek words that are today used in English. i need at least twenty words for each. Please do it quickly. i have a paper due in two days.
Answer: There are many words that come to us directly from the Greek:
Question: Can u please give me a list fo expreesions that have a classical origin. for example- Midas though Titanic
Answer: Just from the Greek:
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Question: Where and how is Hera portrayed throughout Ancient Greecian Art?
Answer: Hera is most often portrayed as the wife of Zeus. She is also part of the judgement of Paris.
Question: Can you please identify the following people, places, and events. doesn't have to be briefly. For example Helios- the sun God. Hesiod, muse, THEOGONY, chaos, Agamemmon, Achilles, Ulysses, Helen, Menelaus, Paris, Hector, Trojan, horse Sparta, Cicones, Aeolus, Laestrygonians, Tiresias, Thrinacia, Eumaeus, Antinuous, Eurynome, Crete, Eurymachus, Eurycleia and any other five related names from the Odysseus. Please do it quickly. i need it in two days. thank- you.
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Question: what does classical mean?
Answer: The word comes from a Greek word for summit and generally refers to the highest class obtainable. It is generally felt that the Greek culture achieved its summit in the period 479-336 BCE so this is referred to as the Classic Age of Greece.
Question: what did ancient greek women look like?
Answer: A lot like the goddesses that were drawn by the ancient Greek artists.
Question: what goddess became a christian saint?
Answer: Initially most of them did. Later many became angels.
Question: Why in Homer's Odyssey is there a double standard between women and men if you say there isn't a differnce between the two socially?
Answer: What double standard are you referring to? Penelope set the social standard for Odysseus. Later men determined the standard for their wives but during the heroic period the wives determined the standard for the men.
Question: were greek women ojectified in art
Answer: Art has a way of doing this. But their art did not do this nearly so much as our art. To them the image of the women tended to be a symbol of the persona of the woman and not some reduced aspect of her. But since they tended to illustrate goddesses, there was the emphasis on the realm of the goddess. The realm tended to be an objectification but at least it was a persona. The ancient Greeks painted their statues to make them more realistic but we display them in pieces with not color. We are the ones interested in reduced aspects of a woman.
Question: What was it like in Ancient Sparta as a women?
Answer: The wives of Spartans did not have to do any work besides bearing and raising children. For those women who liked this work this was a good arrangement. They did not have much of a family life though.
Question: Who was the most influential woman?
Answer: Sappho and Aspasia were the most influential women.
Question: I'd like to get a tatoo of egyptian drawing and I can't find any... please help
Answer: Egyptology
Question: who were the graces and what was their function in greek mythology
Answer: According to Hesiod the Graces provided necklaces of gold for Pandora, the first woman. They were personifications of the womanly charms, grace, and beauty. He also states: "Theogony, (ll. 907-911) And Eurynome, the daughter of Ocean, beautiful in form, bare him (Zeus) three fair-cheeked Charites (Graces), Aglaea, and Euphrosyne, and lovely Thaleia, from whose eyes as they glanced flowed love that unnerves the limbs: and beautiful is their glance beneath their brows."
Question: What were their main purpose?
Answer: The ancient myths taught that the main purpose for women in the world was to torment men. This was to pay the men back for tricking them into keeping the meat of the sacrifice and giving the gods only fat and smoke. The gods gave women attractive grace, charm, and beauty so the men found them very attractive and sexy, but they also gave them crafty words and a deceitful nature so the women were always getting what they wanted, and the men were always left with unfulfilled needs and more work to do.
Question: what are some of the characteristics of ancient greek art?
Answer: The most important quality of Greek art was its spiritual nature. The best pieces were made for the gods and goddesses as a way of bargaining for good things for Greece. These pieces were often better than money could buy, because the relation of the artist to the deity was an important factor. Because the Greek deities were formed in the same image as man, the art has a human centered qualities. The subjects of Greek art are invariably Gods or men, with a definite preference for the men of the previous heroic period. Though many different human activities are portrayed, there are few contemporary portraits, landscapes, cityscapes, seascapes, or scenes of buildings. Vegetation and buildings are scarce. Though the scenes depicted look real enough it is an ideal sort of reality, and not the representation of a particular scene. Because the Greek artists were working for the gods, as it were, they achieved a high degree of skill, which allowed them to make everyday objects even better. The result was that Greek art was quite popular throughout the known world, and much was made and exported.
Question: I need to research the role of women in Greek society. Where their any exceptions to this role? Who was Aspasia?
Answer: The role of women was to bear and raise children. There were many Greek women who were able to break out of this role to accomplish other things. Aspasia was one of these. She was a hetaerae and consort of Pericles. You can read about her at: Click here
Question: where do you find art?
Answer: Because of its value, most art of ancient Greece is found in Museums. The Metropolitan Museum in New York, The Boston Museum of Fine Arts, ana The Getty Museum in Los Angeles are exemples of American Museums with fine collections. There are also many Museums in Europe with examples of Greek Art, including the Louvre in Paris. The Vatican museum has one of the best collections. Greek art can also be found in Greece. There are Museums in Greece, but some of the art is contained in actual sites. Some of the art is still buried and will require an archeologist to dig it up. Some of the most exciting recent expedition involve underwater archeology on the floor of the Mediterranean or Black Sea.
Question: where do you find heracles fighting loin
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Question: Do you have any symbols
Answer: I have lots of Symbols.
Question: WHAT IS THE ROLE OF ANCIANT GREEK WOMAN IN WAR TIME?
Answer: An ancient Greek woman's role did not change during war. When the husband was out of the house the woman managed the house. Management of the female slaves was always the wife's role. The wife might manage the male slaves while her husband was away, but this might involve only directions to one male servant who would be in charge of the rest.
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Question: how was land inherited in ancient greece?
Answer: All inheritance, including land was passed to the eldest son. A will was not even allowed unless there was no son. If the only heir was a daughter she would just hold the inheritance for her son. Often a relative would be appointed as her husband who would then own the inheritance.
Question: how has greek civilization influenced literature, art, music and architecture?
Answer: Ancient Greek Civilization set a standard of excellence which has rarely equaled and never excelled. Of the 100 most significant works of Literature, 10 are from ancient Greece.
Question: Can you tell me any architectural works of art that have been inspired by women in ancient greece?
Answer: Any of the temples for goddesses were inspired by a woman. The most famous, the Parthenon, was inspired by the goddess Athena.
Question: divorce
Answer: If a man's wife was involved in a rape or adultery, then he was required to divorce her. The marriage would be dissolved if the man and wife separated. A man could expell his wive and end the marriage.
Question: i need information on posiden
Answer: Here:
Question: What was Phidias view of women
Answer: A review of his sculptures reveals that he is very respectful:
Question: What goddes never plays a part in myths?
Answer: There are thousands of goddesses that never appear in myths. Of the major goddesses Hestia never appears. Nike is a favorite art subject but she never appears in myths either.
Question: about pontus god
Answer: Pontus is a region of northern Asia Minor that include the southern shore of the Black Sea. It was here that the Argonauts encountered the Amazons.
Question: What did wealthy houses look like
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Question: Was Antigone really the hero of the play named after her, or was she just an incidental character? What I mean is, did Greek women, either in the story or in real life, consider her a good and heroic role model?
Answer: Antigone was the subject of myth and as such could have been a role model for women. But Greek women left us no record of this. The character in the play was probably not a role model because ordinarily this play was watched by men only. Antigone's effect did not occur until many years later when women were educated using Greek texts.
Question: how did the ancient greeks get to school
Answer: They walked to school or they boarded at school. Sometimes the teacher walked to them.
Question: who was merope?
Answer: There are 9 women with this name in Classical Mythology:
Question: do you have a Greek picture gallery
Answer: Click on the links to see the pictures. Click on the Menu Directory to see the subjects. There is also an art gallery at Click Here which contains images on Greek themes.
Question: Did the women and men live together or in seperate living quarters?
Answer: The husband and wife slept together in one room. The girl children and women servants slept together in another room. The boy children slept with the male servants in still another room.
Question: when was stained glass discoverd?
Answer: Unlike the Egyptians, the Greeks did not form glass. The Greeks did shape stones and even ground lenses from quartz. The Romans formed beautiful glass objects but used no glass in windows. Window glass was first formed by blowing large vessels and then flattening them. These vessels were then cracked and the irregular pieces formed were used in stained glass windows. The gothic cathedrals of the middle ages were the first to use glass of this sort. Later bullseye glass was developed. A blob of hot glass was placed in a centrifuge so it flattened into a flat disk. This disk could be cut into small rectangular panes that were set into windows during the Renaissance. In the nineteenth century machines blew the glass into large bubles that could be cut and laid out flat. This resulted in panes perhaps a foot on a side. Now the glass is poured out on a liguid conveyor of hot metal with the glass floating on top. Continous sheets are produced that are perhaps 12 feet wide and as long as you like.
Question: by what age were women married by in the of the gods
Answer: Women in ancient Greece were married usually between the ages of 13 and 26. Since goddesses never aged they could be married at almost any time.
Question: hi I have a question. What was the msot common age to have a baby in anicent greece
Answer: The best time to have a baby is when you are 21 or so and I believe this is the most common time for the ancient Greeks.
Question: hi i would like pictures information of the average baby @ 34 weeks. the type of pic i would like are lenght lbs stuff like that thank you
Answer: Baby pictures from ancient Greece are not that common, but there are a few. But there is none of the other information that you request.
Question: Who was Iris?
Answer: Click on the Menu Directory below, then click on Iris.
Question: where can i find a picture of haemon?
Answer: No picture of Haemon exists from they time that he lived. The following picture represents what the ancient Greeks might have thought he looked like: Click Here. But Haemon was a Mycenaean and they more resembled the following: Click here
Question: What is a dryad?
Answer: A lesser goddess whose realm is a tree or a bush. These goddesses often served the higher goddesses.
Question: were can I find info on ancient Egyptian clothing
Question: could you please tell me about all the ancient greece wars!!! with a map please!!!
Answer: A list of wars follows:
A map of Greece is available at:Click here.
Another map:Click Here
Question: Beside poets, were there Greek women painters/sculpters?
Answer: I have found painters but no sculptors.
Question: eurydice
Answer: There are nine Eurydice's in mythology. Which one do you want?
Question: Where they nacked
Answer: They certainly were. It is quite natural for women to be naked when they bathe as these women seem to be doing:
Question: Did girls go to school
Answer: They did not have to go to school, but they could. Daughters of citizens could be sent to music or dancing schools. Lucky girls in unlucky circumstances could go to school to become a hetaerae. These girls were taught music and dance and some of the same subjects as the boys so they could converse with the men when they were older. Other girls might try to learn from a brother or father. Most girls had to learn what their mother taught them without going to school.
Question: why do people not wear clohes ?
Answer: Nobody wears clothes when they are a baby, so nakedness is actually more natural. Clothes are put on a baby to keep him warm. Clothes are taken off to clean up his excretions and to bathe the baby. Older people also wear clothes to keep warm and take them off to bathe. They also find it convenient to cover their sex organs. This keeps other people from being excited or upset. But your nerve endings are in your skin and when you want to have sex it is more sensual if you have bare skin. So people often remove their clothes to have sex. This means that the removal of clothes suggest sex to some people. If a woman does a little dance and removes her clothes at the same time this is very sexy to many men. Some remove their clothes to bathe, others to entertain, and still others to enjoy sex. In ancient Greece men also removed their clothes so they could compete in athlete events.
Question: What privileges did women in Greece Have???
Answer: Only priestesses had privileges. They could come and go as they pleased and they had servants to attend to them. Many wives had servants as well but they were confined to the home.
Question: What group of women were higly educated in ancient Greece?
Answer: Highly educated women were self-educated and this group is hard to identify. As a group the hetaerae were the best educated, but there were
Question: Is both men and women are slaves or just women are slaves?
Answer: Both men and women were slaves, but women made better slaves than men. A rebellious slave would be killed. If a city were sacked the men would be killed and the women and children enslaved.
Question: I was also wondering if addition to the heteairai, the women members of the "pythagorean society" can be bestowed this distinction..
Answer: The members of the pythagorean society were probably in the self-educated category. The Pythagorean Society members did not automatically send their daughters to school, while in some locations young women destined to become hetaerae were sent to school.
Question: are there any stories connecting any particular woman
Answer: Artemis is connected to Iphigenia, and Sappho is connected to the women subjects of her poems.
Question: are there any statues of the nude female figure from the classical period
Answer: Yes. The Aphrodite of Cnidus was carved by Praxiteles.
Question: Why did art change in the Hellenistic period to portray the women nude rather than the men?
Answer: During the Hellenistic period both men and women were portrayed nude. Young women were portrayed nude because they were sexy and decorative. Also the emphasis on realism required sculptors to be familiar with nude figures before they could carve clothed ones.
Question: Do you have a specific page for Medusa? And, in particular, and information on which archeological excavation sites may have recovered a large number of Medusa related artifacts? And, one last thing, is there a site to research different types of mosaics and possibly the locations from which they were excavated? Thanks for your help...
Answer: Click on the menu directory below and click on Medusa. The most interesting Medusa artifacts would be found in Africa, but I know of none. The Perseus site (See resources in the menu directory) has 124 images of mosaics. A decent museum will know the souce locations of any mosaics.
Question: Who were the Titans
Answer: The Titans were a generation of gods before Zeus. Zeus had to conquer them before he could rule. Not all were opposed to his rule and some still reign. Ocean, Tetyths, Hyperion, Mnemnosyne, Themis, Iapetus, and Prometheus are all Titans who remain.
Question: What are the implications on the fact that women were considered second class citizens, yet the trusted Oracle at Delphi was, in fact, a priestess?
Answer: Women were second class citizens in the world of men, but in ancient Greece they lived in their own world. Tasks were divided by sex and men were unable to perform women's work. There were many jobs that you had to have women do. There were situations, such as the one you mentioned, where women crossed into the men's world. But the most common situation was the relation between a man and his wife. The man was involved with affairs outside of the home but inside the home the wife was in charge. Legally the authority of the woman stemmed from her husband, but it is silly to think that the man always got what he wanted. As Lysistrata points out, life is pretty miserable if you don't get along with your wife. And getting along means she gets her way a lot of the times.
Another point relates to the Religion of the Greeks. One would expect that at least some of the goddesses would be partial to women. If a man were to treat a woman unkindly, he might earn the disfavor of one of the goddesses. A goddess could cause a lot of damage to a man and it is unlikely he would want to risk such a thing. His whole community suffered when Ajax raped Cassandra, and they paid restitution for over a thousand years.
Question: who were the famouse mortal greek women?
Answer: Aspasia and Sappho were the most famous mortal Greek women, but there were many others.
Question: fire in library
Answer: The Roman event of the burning of the library at Alexandria is described at: Click here and at Click here.
Question: what was the ideal beauty
Answer: To get an ideal beauty you study a real beauty and in your mind remove all her imperfections. What you have in your mind as a result is an ideal beauty.
Question: Thanks for answering, as best you could, my earlier question about Medusa and the mosaics. Here's the thing, I am a college student trying to research the excavation site for a mosaic (with a large Medusa head) that was donated to my university 25 years.
Answer: If your mosaic is without papers that identify exactly where it came from, then its value is very limited. If you can establish where it came from it would be a lot more valuable. The best you can do is to study the style and construction of the piece to identify where it came from. It may not have been in a site of Medusa images, although they are fairly common. You will have to look at details in the border and the type of rocks to find clues.
Question: is there anything on greek myths?
Answer: Greek myths are just stories from ancient Greece about their gods and goddesses, and their interactions with the Greeks. There were many mortals who were descended from the deities, mated with them, received gifts from them, or other wise related to them. These are mythological mortals. Some of these, such as Midas, have left archeological remains and are no longer considered mythological, but others, such as Achilles have left no remains. If you click on the menu directory below you will see a list of a number of topics related to the myths.
Question: is there greek porn?
Answer: The concept of porn made little sense to the Greeks whose religion did not prohibit sexual activity. Some of their art does depict sexually explicit imagery, but it was not illegal or immoral to the Greeks. In many cases these images were an expression of their religious values.
Question: what is sex
Answer: Sex is a process used by higher animals to share genetic material so that offspring contain traits from each parent. The process involes the male sex organ which produces semen containing many sperm and a female sex organ which contains one or more eggs. The male sex organ must be inserted in the female sex organ so that the male organ can deposit sperm that can swim an unite with the female eggs. Once a sperm enters an egg the nuclei of the two unite and form a new nuclei. Then the fertilized egg starts to divide. Further division needs nutrients so the egg attaches itself to the wall of the uterus in the female and a baby starts to grow.
So that the male and female will bring their sex organs together, the beings possess a desire for one another that is termed love. The female tries to look attractive and the male is attracted by the look. The act of inserting the male organ into the female organ is pleasurable to both the male and female many times so they tend to repeat this act many times. The event of orgasm is especially pleasurable when the semen is injected into the female organ. Females have a similar orgasm which assures the female interes in having sex. As a result males and females desire to get together and have sex many times. This increase the chances that a fertilization of the female egg will occur. In humans the female egg is released only one a month and it is available for fertilization only for a few hours. But human sexual activity is frequent so the chance of pregnancy is quite high. Oddly enough the chance of pregnancy is much higher than 1 in 30, even though the female is fertile approximately that often. Sometimes the act of sex causes an egg to be released, and sometimes the release of an egg causes the female to especially desire sex, so the chnces of pregnancy are increased.
Question: who is Dionysus?
Answer: He was the god of nature, and he became god of wine and vine. Click here.
Question: woman potters or vase painters in ancient greece
Answer: There is no evidence of any woman potters or vase painters in ancient Greece.
Question: did you know about any woman artis or crafts people I want to something about ceramics and women that may them I found one refecne that they painted vases and were prosatiute also can you give me anymore infomation I need to find a toipc for a paper for m
Answer: Sadly, there is no information on any women artists or craftspersons in ancient Greece. The women were weavers and weaving in Ancient Greece would be a good subject for a paper. You can even tell something of the weaving from pictures on the vases.
Question: In what way was the polis important to the greeks?
Answer: The polis consisted of a city and its surrouning countryside. It was the largest unit of government in ancient Greece. The fact that there was no larger unit resulted in disagreements having to be settled by war.
Question: HOW MANY WIVES
Answer: Though an ancient Greek might be sexually active with many women, only one of them could be a wife. If he was sexually involved with his daughter she could not be a wife. Oedipus proved that your mother could not be your wife either. Nor could a slave be a wife, But many men freed a slave so she could become a wife. A hetaera would not be considered a wife unless the man married her even if she was living in the man's home. A prostitute was another man's slave so a man would have to free her, then marry her, before she could become a wife. If a man was fond of a prostitute, he could by her and give her her freedom at which time she became a hetaera and not a wife. An infertile man could arrange with another man to get his wife pregnant, or if she was infertile, could arrage with another woman to bear his children.
Question: what famous mathematician came from Samos?
Answer: Aristarchus of Samos. Click here
Question: Who was the sculptor who chislered the great statues of greece (he supervised the temple to athena)?
Answer: Phidias. Click here
Question: What was emblazoned on greeks shields?
Answered: The imaged varied. But consider what was on the shield of Achilles from Homer, The Iliad, Book XVIII: "First he shaped the shield so great and strong, adorning it all over and binding it round with a gleaming circuit in three layers; and the baldric was made of silver. He made the shield in five thicknesses, and with many a wonder did his cunning hand enrich it. He wrought the earth, the heavens, and the sea; the moon also at her full and the untiring sun, with all the signs that glorify the face of heaven- the Pleiads, the Hyads, huge Orion, and the Bear, which men also call the Wain and which turns round ever in one place, facing. Orion, and alone never dips into the stream of Oceanus. He wrought also two cities, fair to see and busy with the hum of men. In the one were weddings and wedding-feasts, and they were going about the city with brides whom they were escorting by torchlight from their chambers. Loud rose the cry of Hymen, and the youths danced to the music of flute and lyre, while the women stood each at her house door to see them. Meanwhile the people were gathered in assembly, for there was a quarrel, and two men were wrangling about the blood-money for a man who had been killed, the one saying before the people that he had paid damages in full, and the other that he had not been paid. Each was trying to make his own case good, and the people took sides, each man backing the side that he had taken; but the heralds kept them back, and the elders sate on their seats of stone in a solemn circle, holding the staves which the heralds had put into their hands. Then they rose and each in his turn gave judgement, and there were two talents laid down, to be given to him whose judgement should be deemed the fairest. About the other city there lay encamped two hosts in gleaming armour, and they were divided whether to sack it, or to spare it and accept the half of what it contained. But the men of the city would not yet consent, and armed themselves for a surprise; their wives and little children kept guard upon the walls, and with them were the men who were past fighting through age; but the others sallied forth with Mars and Pallas Minerva at their head- both of them wrought in gold and clad in golden raiment, great and fair with their armour as befitting gods, while they that followed were smaller. When they reached the place where they would lay their ambush, it was on a riverbed to which live stock of all kinds would come from far and near to water; here, then, they lay concealed, clad in full armour. Some way off them there were two scouts who were on the look-out for the coming of sheep or cattle, which presently came, followed by two shepherds who were playing on their pipes, and had not so much as a thought of danger. When those who were in ambush saw this, they cut off the flocks and herds and killed the shepherds. Meanwhile the besiegers, when they heard much noise among the cattle as they sat in council, sprang to their horses, and made with all speed towards them; when they reached them they set battle in array by the banks of the river, and the hosts aimed their bronze-shod spears at one another. With them were Strife and Riot, and fell Fate who was dragging three men after her, one with a fresh wound, and the other unwounded, while the third was dead, and she was dragging him along by his heel: and her robe was bedrabbled in men's blood. They went in and out with one another and fought as though they were living people haling away one another's dead. He wrought also a fair fallow field, large and thrice ploughed already. Many men were working at the plough within it, turning their oxen to and fro, furrow after furrow. Each time that they turned on reaching the headland a man would come up to them and give them a cup of wine, and they would go back to their furrows looking forward to the time when they should again reach the headland. The part that they had ploughed was dark behind them, so that the field, though it was of gold, still looked as if it were being ploughed- very curious to behold. He wrought also a field of harvest corn, and the reapers were reaping with sharp sickles in their hands. Swathe after swathe fell to the ground in a straight line behind them, and the binders bound them in bands of twisted straw. There were three binders, and behind them there were boys who gathered the cut corn in armfuls and kept on bringing them to be bound: among them all the owner of the land stood by in silence and was glad. The servants were getting a meal ready under an oak, for they had sacrificed a great ox, and were busy cutting him up, while the women were making a porridge of much white barley for the labourers' dinner. He wrought also a vineyard, golden and fair to see, and the vines were loaded with grapes. The bunches overhead were black, but the vines were trained on poles of silver. He ran a ditch of dark metal all round it, and fenced it with a fence of tin; there was only one path to it, and by this the vintagers went when they would gather the vintage. Youths and maidens all blithe and full of glee, carried the luscious fruit in plaited baskets; and with them there went a boy who made sweet music with his lyre, and sang the Linus-song with his clear boyish voice. He wrought also a herd of homed cattle. He made the cows of gold and tin, and they lowed as they came full speed out of the yards to go and feed among the waving reeds that grow by the banks of the river. Along with the cattle there went four shepherds, all of them in gold, and their nine fleet dogs went with them. Two terrible lions had fastened on a bellowing bull that was with the foremost cows, and bellow as he might they haled him, while the dogs and men gave chase: the lions tore through the bull's thick hide and were gorging on his blood and bowels, but the herdsmen were afraid to do anything, and only hounded on their dogs; the dogs dared not fasten on the lions but stood by barking and keeping out of harm's way. The god wrought also a pasture in a fair mountain dell, and large flock of sheep, with a homestead and huts, and sheltered sheepfolds. Furthermore he wrought a green, like that which Daedalus once made in Cnossus for lovely Ariadne. Hereon there danced youths and maidens whom all would woo, with their hands on one another's wrists. The maidens wore robes of light linen, and the youths well woven shirts that were slightly oiled. The girls were crowned with garlands, while the young men had daggers of gold that hung by silver baldrics; sometimes they would dance deftly in a ring with merry twinkling feet, as it were a potter sitting at his work and making trial of his wheel to see whether it will run, and sometimes they would go all in line with one another, and much people was gathered joyously about the green. There was a bard also to sing to them and play his lyre, while two tumblers went about performing in the midst of them when the man struck up with his tune. All round the outermost rim of the shield he set the mighty stream of the river Oceanus."
Question: What did they place in the mouths of dead people?
Answer: For for some of the Greeks the "psuche" or soul survived death, and a silver coin was placed in the mouth of the dead to pay the ferryman of the Styx for passage across the river.
Question: Did women sculptures show up more in the Hellenistic period than the Classical period?
Answer: No, but there were more women sculptures that were nude.
Question: Was homosexuality accepted?
Answer: Yes it was.
Question: minotaurus
Answer: Click on the Menu directory below and click on minotaur.
Question: why r u who u r?
Answer: Nurture and Nature.
Question: What three music words are of Greek origin?
Answer:
Question: What were two kinds of silver coins that Greeks used to trade with?
Answer: Drachm and Stater.
Question: I need some info on ancient greek moasic. do you have any?
Answer: The Perseus project has 124 images of ancient Greek mosaics.
Question: did Greek women practise art
Answer: Mainly they were weavers, but there were also musicians, poets, and painters.
Question: Why does the godess Nike not have a head?
Answer: The goddess Nike has a head, but her statue called the Victory of Samothrace is missing because the head broke off and was lost. This type of thing happens over time because of wars and natural disasters. More about Nike can be had by clicking on the Menu directory below and clicking on Nike.
Question: Whay is the name of Clytemnestra's husband
Answer: Click on the menu directory below and click on Clytemnestra.
Question: Dedaelus
Answer: Dedaelus was a famous craftsman who lived on Crete and worked for Minos.
Question: Did real-life women actually pose for a scene on an ancient Greek vase or something like that? If so, what did they wear and were there some kind of restrictions?
Answer: They probably posed without restrictions. They probably wore whateever they had on.
Question: where do i find naked woman
Answer: Click Here
Question: What did ancient greek women weave
Answer: Cloth for clothes, blankets, curtains, sacks, and sails.
Question: why did women stand this nonwrits ruel?
Answer: Women enjoyed the seclusion of ancient Greece because they were not raped or annoyed by men and they were free of the taboos of other societies. They did not yet understand about rights so they really did not miss the vote they were deprived of. It was some of the women slaves that suffered, and the women with abusive husbands. The majority of women flourished.
Question: how did Greek women keep themselves clean
Answer: They bathed in water:
Question: How come you dont have the goddess of earth on your list of goddess?
Answer: Gaea (Gaia) is on the list. Click on Menu Directory below then click on list.
Question: What did Children wear?
Answer: Children went naked until they could keep themselves clean at which point they wore the same clothes as the adults.
Question: Were there statues of women just because they were thought of sex objects?
Answer: Many of the statues of Aphrodite are this way.
Question: Medea's address to the women of corinth
Answer: This is found in the play by Euripides which you can read at: Click here.
Question: who was Calliope
Answer: one of the muses.
Question: the sing for greek god and godesses
Answer: From Hesiod:
IX. TO ARTEMIS (9 lines) (ll. 1-6) Muse, sing of Artemis, sister of the Far-shooter, the virgin who delights in arrows, who was fostered with Apollo. She waters her horses from Meles deep in reeds, and swiftly drives her all-golden chariot through Smyrna to vine-clad Claros where Apollo, god of the silver bow, sits waiting for the far-shooting goddess who delights in arrows. (ll. 7-9) And so hail to you, Artemis, in my song and to all goddesses as well. Of you first I sing and with you I begin; now that I have begun with you, I will turn to another song. X. TO APHRODITE (6 lines) (ll. 1-3) Of Cytherea, born in Cyprus, I will sing. She gives kindly gifts to men: smiles are ever on her lovely face, and lovely is the brightness that plays over it. (ll. 4-6) Hail, goddess, queen of well-built Salamis and sea-girt Cyprus; grant me a cheerful song. And now I will remember you and another song also. XI. TO ATHENA (5 lines) (ll. 1-4) Of Pallas Athene, guardian of the city, I begin to sing. Dread is she, and with Ares she loves deeds of war, the sack of cities and the shouting and the battle. It is she who saves the people as they go out to war and come back. (l. 5) Hail, goddess, and give us good fortune with happiness! XII. TO HERA (5 lines) (ll. 1-5) I sing of golden-throned Hera whom Rhea bare. Queen of the immortals is she, surpassing all in beauty: she is the sister and the wife of loud-thundering Zeus, -- the glorious one whom all the blessed throughout high Olympus reverence and honour even as Zeus who delights in thunder. XIII. TO DEMETER (3 lines) (ll. 1-2) I begin to sing of rich-haired Demeter, awful goddess, of her and of her daughter lovely Persephone. (l. 3) Hail, goddess! Keep this city safe, and govern my song.
Question: how can child can be done step by step
Answer: I do not understand this question. You probably should see the section on Love and Sex by clicking on the menu directory below.
Question: How did Athenian women differ from Spartan women
Answer: Click on the Menu Directory below and then click on Sparta.
Question: how were goddesses involved and helped with or hurt the women of their time?
Answer: Goddesses set expectations for women. They also provided examples for women. In many cases they protected women from abuse. Men feared the wrath of the goddesses.
Question: the representation of women in art
Answer: Sources on this subject:
Question: What is the difference between the art of Sparta and Athens?
Answer: Click on the Menu Directory below and click on Sparta.
Question: downcast women
Answer: Hesiod, "TO APHRODITE", "(ll. 155-167) So speaking, he caught her by the hand. And laughter-loving Aphrodite, with face turned away and lovely eyes downcast, crept to the well-spread couch which was already laid with soft coverings for the hero; and upon it lay skins of bears and deep-roaring lions which he himself had slain in the high mountains. And when they had gone up upon the well-fitted bed, first Anchises took off her bright jewelry of pins and twisted brooches and earrings and necklaces, and loosed her girdle and stripped off her bright garments and laid them down upon a silver-studded seat. Then by the will of the gods and destiny he lay with her, a mortal man with an immortal goddess, not clearly knowing what he did."
Women have downcast eyes while men are downcast in ancient Greece.
Question: Why is it that in the Odyessy our first look at female characters is always of them weaving something? (Helen, Penelope, Calypso, Arete...) Is this significant to the story?
Answer: Probably. The Greeks felt the Fates wove the web of fate. The women of the epics can be weaving such a web for the other characters.
Question: what were some of the Amazon Tribes?
Answer: Mainly there was the Thermodon tribe in Asia Minor and the African tribe.
Question: how would women, especially those in classic athens have felt about the myths and art concerning amazons?
Answer: We do not know that much about what the women in classic Athens thought because they did not write that much and what they did write was mostly lost or destroyed. My best guess is that they regarded the Amazons as we regard mascots of sports teams.
Question: what a young boy had to do to qualify for the olympics in ancient greece
Answer: Click on the menu below and click on Olympics.
Question: what tecnkes did cassandra have
Answer: Click on the menu below and click on Cassandra.
Question: Where can I find ancient greek female costtumes
Answer: Click on the menu below and click on costume.
Question: Where are there instructions for making a greek dress
Answer: Click on the Menu Directory below then click on clothes.
Question: aesthetics in ancient Greece
Answer: Click on the Menu Directory below then click on art.
Question: What is the diffference between Greek women and today's American woman?
Answer: Today's woman is better educated, healthier, taller, more genetically diverse, and has many more rights.
Question: LOve letters
Answer: Click on the Menu directory below and click on Sappho.
Question: could a slave ever have an important position?.....How did their live compare to the life of a citizen?
Answer: A slave could have an important position. Some slaves were considered part of the family and held positions of trust such as nurse, overseer, or business manager. Such a slave might live like one of the family.
Question: Were.there.any.rules.on.what.women.were.allowed.to.wear? ()
Answer: Not really. Clothes were uni-sex. Women wore long hair and their figures and breasts were revealed by the draping fabrics.
Question: Could divorced women or men remarry?
Answer: Yes.
Question: What was the daily life style for Priestesses
Answer: On holidays they participated in processions. Other days they spent their time sacrificing, pouring libations, praying, and giving advice. They took a break for a noon meal, and ceased their activity for an evening meal. Some slept in the temple while others returned to their families to sleep. Meals were prepared and cleaning done by temple slaves in most cases, but in some smaller temples the priestesses did this. In most temples the priesteses only served goddesses while the priest served gods but in some temples both served a god. In this case labor was divided along lines of sex.
Question: How did women feel about the way they were treated???
Answer: This depended upon how they were treated. Most wives were treated very well, but some were not. Some slaves were treated very well but most were not. Priestesses did the best because they were usually treated well.
Question: Where can I find pictures of Ancient Greek gods, goddesses, people living there, and etc.?
Answer: Click on the links to see the pictures.
Question: what were paint brushes made from?
Answer: Since ancient times paint brushes have been made from the hair of animals.
Question: Hello. I would like to know Athena's Roman name.
Answer: Minerva.
Question: Did Athena have a favorite color and/or food
Answer: All goddesses preferred to eat ambrosia, but they liked the smell of roast meat. She seemed to prefer gold.
Question: sHOULD WOMEN RECEIVE THE SAME KINDS OF MENTAL AND PHYSICAL TRAINING AND SERVE IN LEADERSHIP AND MILITARY DEFENSE POSITIONS IN AS FAR AS THEIR PHYSICAL PERMITTED?
Answer: The ancient Greeks did not seem to think so.
Question: do you have something about marathon
Answer: Click on the menu directory below and click on Olympics.
Question: what was diana god of?
Answer: Diana was the Roman equivalent of Artemis, the goddess of wild things.
Question: How did the amazons die out?
Answer: They may not have. One theory is that they went into hiding by moving to a more remote location. On this theory many explorers have looked for the "lost Amazons." The Amazon river in South Amaerica was named by one such explored. Another theory relates to the Archetypes of the dream interpretation of Carl Jung. He states that when we dream of our qualities possesed by person of the opposite sex that these are our best qualities. Warriors would then dream about Amazons and might want to marry the girl of their dreams. Stories like Xena also reveal that women in tight and skimpy warrior outfits might appear very sexy and make them very appealing as wives. It is possible that they were simply married away.
Question: How do the arts affect society?
Answer: The arts are a reflection of societal values and they communicate thoose values where ever the arts are performed of displayed.
Question: Amphora?
Answer: An amphora is a large fired clay storage container with a handle on each side.
Question: Greek painting
Answer: There are famous women and men painters in ancient Greece, but all their paintings are lost. All that remain are verbal descriptions.
Question: How did the ideals of the renaissance and the classical athenians differ?
Answer: The classical athenians though their ideals were devine but the renaisance turned to the same ideals as man centered.
Question: who's been wife with Hemitea?
Answer: I cannot find the name Hemitea.
Question: show the picture of the wealthy homes in ancient greece and why it was built this way
Answer: Click here
Question: What about the arts and crafts in Sparta.
Answer: Click on the menu directory then click on Sparta.
Question: Do you know anything about the Louve having the arms of the Venus de Milo and chooseing not to display them? I learned this is a class and would like some more information about it.
Answer: If the following story were true then Turkey would be demanding her back: Click here. Here is a different story: Click here. The following site also has questionable info: Click here. For what the Louvre says: Click here More: Here. This one identifies the sculptor: Here
Question: Who is the Greek Goddess of lesbian?
Answer: Sone say Sappho, but she really was a mortal. The Amazons, who may have been bound together by female, same-sex love worshipped Artemis. But Artemis merely rejected heterosexual love for maidens. Aphrodite was, in fact, bisexual so she was not opposed to Lesbians. The fact is the Greeks dis not distinguish same-sex love from opposite-sex love which both had an attractive force. Eros should also be a possibility for this reason.
Question: What does Greek sculpture of women tell us about the ages of Pericles and Alexander the Great?
Answer: The fact that the Archaic and Classical Greeks carved so many statues of clothed females suggests that women were important. The fact that Hellenism produced many nude females suggests that women were important for sex.
Question: i am looking for an ancient greek vase depicting trojan women lamenting troy. do you know of any?
Answer: This reconstruction of a painting of Polygnotos is interesting: Click Here. This vase depicts Trojan women late in the war: Click here. This article about Greek women lamenting is also interesting: Click here. This is an interesting article about "Women and Aging in Antiquity": Click Here
Question: Why was Hercules
Answer: He was born that way.
Question: do you know where i can find photos of the clothing of these women for my school project.
Answer: Click on the menu directory below and click on clothing.
Question: how does creon feel about women role in greece
Answer: Read the play Antigone to answer this.
Question: greek hospitality
Answer: The ancient Greeks tried to be very kind to strangers because they believed that the gods visited them in the guise of strangers. If you happened to be unkind to a god this was a recipe for disaster.
Question: Is there a Goddess of music?
Answer: Click on the menu directory below then click on Muses.
Question: How did the Ancient Greeks view death?
Answer: Aspects of death:
Question: Do you know anything about how "blood" was viewed in ancient greece. I am writing a report that compares and contrasts the view of blood with modern day views. Thanks
Answer: The ancient Greeks knew that blood was important for life, but the body was viewed as a sack with blood in it. A soul could come to life if it could drink blood. Menstrual blood confused them into thinking that blood was related to genetics, but it is not.
Question: What was the oracle at Delphi and how did it work?
Answer: In ancient Greece the Oracle at Delphi was delivered by a woman called Pythia, but it was not necessarily interpreted by women. At other oracles the delivery was by a man or woman. The oracle was delivered by a person in a trance. It is not known how the trance was induced. A drug like opium or even alcohol could have been used. The trance could also be induced by psychological means such as prayers, chants, or dance. The trance resulted in an utterence that was not necessarily intelligible. The Oracle at Delphi was part of a Temple of Apollo. The Oracle was a response to a request for assistance. A petitioner would come with a request for assistence by the god Apollo. If it was suitable the petition would be read to the Oracle. The oracle would then communicate the petition to Apollo and the oracle would receive the god's response. The oracle would then communicate the god's response in cryptic form. The interpretation of the oracle proposed to guide the requestor to fulfill the request.
Question: did they have sex?
Answer: Click on the Menu Directory below, then click on love and sex.
Question: What is the main difference between women in athens and women in sparta
Answer: click on the menus directory below then click on Sparta.
Question: i am looking for a good picture of a griffin for a tatoo....did not run across one on your sight, but i did a hurried search. if you have one, let me know please. p.s.-awesome sight
Answer: Here are some pictures of Ancient Greek Griffins:
Question: the templo of zeus
Answer: Which one?
Question: Why don't you have something on the actual daily life?
Answer: Click on the menu directory below and click on daily.
Question: Where can I find portaits or representations of greek women?
Answer: The ancient Greeks did not do portraits of contemporary women. What they did is provide images of the women of myth. Since the artists probably used local women as models you can assume that these images are idealized versions of local women. But the Perseus digital Library has 1041 images of these women for your review: Click here
Question: patriarchal?
Answer: In the case of ancient classical Greece you have both succession through the male line and rule of the family and the community by men. In the family legal responsibility was laid upon the oldest male, while in the community only men were allowed to vote. During earlier times succession was determined by the female line, and in the Amazon community women obtained the legal responsibility. Over time the Greek society seems to have evolved from matrilinearity and possible matriarchy to patriarchy. Some have indicated that this was a result of the repression of women, but this is not necessarily so. The ancient Greeks were able to remove many taboos from women and their isolation also removed much of the harasment by men. But unfortunately we do not have a clear voice from women as to how they felt about their situation. The mysteries of Dionysus which the Maenads performed have been given as a reaction to feminine repression.
Question: Isn't it true that the women(medea, Clytemnestra) felt a love so great and love their husbands did not understand and so had to resort to violence?
Answer: This is an oversimplification, but certainly a factor.
Question: Where can I find Antigone Poems
Answer: Click here
Question: were marriage vows important and stable?
Answer: Yes they were. But divorce was not uncommon. A man could just put his wife out of the house, while a woman had much more difficulty. In some cases she would just go home to her family.
Question: What Are Some Great Accomplishments Of Ancient Athens?
Answer: Click on the menu directory below and then click on Athens.
Question: did women participate in the olympics?
Answer: Click on the menu directory below and click on Olympics.
Question: were women allowed to have or be in lesbian relationships instead of getting married?
Answer: Because women were isolated no one knew about lesbian relationships.
Question: were women permitted to divorce their husbands if they were not to their liking?
Answer: No they were not.
Question: statues
Answer: The ancient Greeks made many original statues mainly for religious purposes.
Question: where can i find pictures of women's art or women artists?
Answer: The vase paintings contain pictures of weaving which was often done by women, and there are a few poems by women, but little else has been preserved.
Question: suggestions for a social studies project and how to do it ?
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Question: I wanted to know if I could get some info. about older women in the greek culture..What were they thought of, was it the same for men, were they respected?
Answer: Though we can assume that older women who were wives were respected by their family, they are omitted from the culture as a whole. Godesses were perpetually young, and young women are all that are ever illustrated. Some older women are mentioned as servants.
Question: What is the Role of Jocasta?
Answer: Click on the Menu directory below and click on Jocasta.
Question: achilles
Answer: Click here
Question: Where can I find a website that has ancient greece weapons on it??
Answer: Click on the menu directory below ans click on Clothing and Amazons.
Question: PICTURE OF AESCHYLUS
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Question: why can't I shannon grant find ancient greek pottery
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Question: could you tell how people in ancient greece were treated differently? like men adn women for example. And how were the slaves treated - besides that they had to do a lot of the work, how where they thought of socially, adn how did people treat them when they saw them on the streets. could you please email me? thanx
Answer: Men fought with each other or negotiated a trade. In some cities of Greece men had rights as well as responsibilities. Men treated their wives respectully but required obedience of wives and children. Men negotiated relations with hetaera and free men for services and goods. Slaves were commanded to do menial work and if they did not respond properly they were sold or killed.
Question: How did society respond to homosexuality, and was it condoned amongst both males and females? Also, where can I find more information about this and Sappho's lesbainism?
Answer: Some types of homosexuality were tolerated while others were condemned and rediculed. What the Greeks supported was a bisexuality that did not interfere with procreation. True homosexuality and lesbianism were viewed as unproductive. For more information click on the menu directory below and click on love and sex or Sappho.
Question: Could women attend plays and the theater?
Answer: Drama and the theater in ancient Greece was part of a festival for men only. There is no doubt that women attended anyway but it was not customary.
Question: Do you know who would have been a bathtub scientist and pump inventor?
Answer: Archimedes figured out how certify a crown as gold when he was getting in his bathtub, and he invented the archimedian screw pump which is still used.
Question: what did the women of ancient greece dislike?
Answer: Once they got to be a wife, they did not like threats to their position.
Question: How does the portrayal of Ancient Greek goddesses compare with images associated with women today?
Answer: Ancient Greek goddesses were displayed with awe, respect, and even fear that is due a goddess. Women are rarely displayed today for this type of religious purpose. Some pictures of women are intended to represent the particular personality of the woman, but many are just sex objects.
Question: I'd like to know the importance of Hellinistic of greek priestess/godesse in ancient Greece. I believe it probably may be during the Hellenistic period as we are talking about priestesses who would wear long white flowing robes and headdresses, their main roles would be one of healing. Could you also tell me what role if any the Delphi Oracles may have had in these marvelous creatures lives? Thanks ever so much for your time.
Answer: As time went on priestesses had less influence and their numbers decreased. At the Dephic Oracle there may have been only one priestess. She was kept in an incoherent state to produce the oraclles. Other priestesses were treated better. They could go where they pleased and were treated with respect.
Question: I need to find a place to print a picture of Queen Arete. Thank you..Dr. Green
Answer: Of course no one who lived at her time ever did her potrait and, like all the other characters of mythology we usually turn to ancient Greek artists who lived some 800 years after Arete. But nothing comes forth from that period either. The second figure from the left might be a close approximation of what she looked like: Click here
Question: what is the role of greek women in all not just art but all together.what pupoose did they serve in greek time peroid
Answer: All that remains of the ancient Greek women is the art. We know nothing of ancient Greek women outside of art. What is amazing is that we know as much as we do. They did a lot of amazing art.
Question: I need a paragraph about Draco,Solon,Xerxes,Eulid Thespis,Pericles,Aristole PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE
Answer: ???These are all famous men. You can find out about them in one of the following:
Question: abortion
Answer: Click on the menu directory below then click on medicine.
Question: Woman in Art:How have woman been depicted, and how has this changed over history?
Answer: Women have been depicted as goddesses, mothers, wives, daughters, servants, entertainers, and prostitutes. Women are rarely depicted as goddesses anymore. If they are referred to a goddess it is usually only as a sex goddess.
Question: what did ancient greek houses look like
Answer: Click on the menu directory below then click on architecture.
Question: what does Venus look like when naked?
Answer: Venus is a Roman goddess, not a Greek goddess like the ones here.
Question: What are bad things about greeces religion?
Answer: During the Hellenistic period the Greek religion became very rational and it could not appeal to the emotional side of life. The rationality also produced inconsistencies in the myths which were bothersome.
Question: i love ancient greek olimpic photos
Answer: There are no photos of the ancient Greek Olympics because photography was only invented 200 years ago and the ancient Greek Olympics occurred 1700 to 2700 years ago. But there are sculptures and vase paintings that you can study.
Question: What is Helios's Roman name?
Answer: Sol
Question: Did Women in ancient Crete have more rights than those in Athens and if so how and why?
Answer: The only women in Greece with any rights at all were the Spartan women who had a right to own property. The Cretan women had more status but not more rights. This was because the goddesses were more important in Crete.
Question: what are some ancient greek masks?
Answer: Click on the menu directory below then click on drama.
Question: how many wives need zues have
Answer: Just one. Hera was all the wife he could handle. He had many affairs and sexual liasons though. And Hera's jealousy of these kept his life exciting.
Question: did women act on the theater?
Answer: No. The theater was for men only.
Question: in ancient greece who could be a citizen and why?
Answer: Only male sons of male citizens could be citizens. Women were supposed to stay home and take care of things there. Slaves were not to be trusted. Foreigners were allowed to participate in trade but they were not trusted to govern.
Question: why were women only suposed to bear kids?
Answer: Children were needed desperately for political reasons, to balance the high death rate, and to support the economy.
Question: what did the greek women do in the house
Answer: Many women just took care of the children and did housework such as cleaning and repairing. Many did weaving or helped with a family business. Some actually listened to petitions presented by others and others were allowed to pursue educational activities.
Question: what did the greek females make when they did weaving
Answer: They wove rectangular pieces of material that could be used for peplos, chitons, himations, headbands, sashes, blankets, towels, curtains, or table cloths.
Question: Uggg our class is doing a project on the "Ancient Corinth". Ummm i was wondering if u knew any sites that gives imformation about their gods, religon, food, family life, reading, writing, music, arts, farming, government and military??
Answer: The following web sites are available:
Question: Nausicaa from the odyssey
Answer: The princess Nausicaa is a representative of the best that humanity has to offer. Odysseus has just washed ashore and she finds him in a dismal state. She feeds and clothes him and offers him hospitality. She is a surrogate for Athena in this regard. As a result of the hospitality of her parents Odysseus is returned to his home.
Question: the goddess of ceres
Answer: Ceres is the Roman version of Demeter.
Question: This is Just Nasty!
Answer: Sometimes the truth is painful. But you do learn more that way.
Question: Do you have Pictures of Homer
Answer: No one knows what Homer looked like. But there are images of what people thought he looked like: Click here
Question: How come in theis whole website could not find anything about a women named Theano(pythagoras wife). I thought that she was from ancent Greek. Mail back. Thanks
Answer: Theano is discussed in this site in the section on symposiums. Click on the menu directory below and click on symposiums. There are other sites on the web that discuss Theano:
Question: Are there any weapons or symbols associated with the goddess known as Cassandra and if so what is a aite i can find it at?
Answer: Cassandra is a physical but mythical person and not a goddess. To read about her click on the menu directory below and click on Cassandra.
Question: Is one of the reasons why A lot of Greek art has nudity involving the gods because they weren't allowed to depict nudity with ordinary people?
Answer: No, but that was the situation for later artists.
Question: who was the greek goddesses who could see the furture
Answer: All Greek goddesses could see the future.
Question: Compare women in ancient society with today's society
Answer: In ancient Greece women inpired the men to great art and culture. Now women try to latch on to whatever culture is avaiable to them.
Question: I have acquired a picture of Echo that is shown as a classical stature against a black backround. The picture is old in a old frame . It has the No1 on the stature plus the name Ekko on the side facing outward and the name Echo on the side of the stature picture. I am unable to find anything about this picture. Could you help me with any information. Thankyou for your time.I am enjoying the site.
Answer: Though such statues were made for the Art Noveau Period, Ekko many not mean Echo.
Question: Were there arranged marriages ?
Answer: Most marriages were arranged by the fathers.
Question: were there any important women apart from goddesses towars the end of the 5th centuryBC?
Answer:
Question: where can I find infor. about Anna Nzingha?
Answer: Click here
Question: if a woman argued with her husband, was she beaten?
Answer: Zeus strung Hera from the sky and tied anvils around her ankles. He then whipped her. In the Iliad he threatened to do it again. One wonders whether this was an example for the Greek husbands. Medea did not get beaten even though she argued with her husband. The most relevant comment is by Lysistrata when her friends ask her what to do if their husbands beat them because they refuse to have sex. She says "Give in with a bad grace. There's no pleasure in it for them when they have to use violence. And you must torment them in every possible way. They'll give up soon enough; a man gets no joy if he does not get along with his wife." Also, a man that beats his wife demonstrates a way to control weaker people, which she can use on her children. This is a cycle of violence which makes everyone miserable. It is hard to believe that a society as effective as ancient Greece tolerated very much wife beating.
Question: what were the styles throught the years?
Answer: The styles changed with the art period. Click on the Menu Directory and click on art.
Question: What were the diets of Ancient Greeks
Answer: Click on the menu directory below then click on daily.
Question: Where can I find information and pictures about the Greece God Ares
Answer: Click here
Question: whatorign was Iris
Answer: Greek. The word come from a word that means bend into an arch and comes from the Greek.
Question: did the number of babies a woman bore have any effect on her social status as in Egypt?
Answer: The myth of Leto and Niobe would suggest not. The status of the child affected the status of the mother.
Question: Do you know if there is a God of Corinth in Ancient Greece????
Answer: In Corinth, Helius competed with Poseidon, to become the patron god of the city. The Corinthians didn't want to offend either god, so they wisely worshipped both gods. The height of the Acrocorinth was dedicated to Helius, while Poseidon received the Isthmus. (Click here)
Question: chariot racing
Answer: Click on the menu directory below then click on Olympics.
Question: what greek myth would have hera and iris being attacked by satyrs with hercules and hermes coming to there rescue
I think the judgement of Paris is the most likely fit. If you replace Herakles with Paris you have most of the participants. See:Click here. Satyrs are often included in art about this myth.
Question: Why did you make this sight
Answer: I wished to gain experience on the Internet so I posted 50 pages on topics that were of interest to me. One of these pages was on the possibility that Amazons were a matriarchal society. As a result of the request for help from a student I started receiving questions and posting them. As the questions rolled in I rearranged the material and titled the site "The Role of Women in the Art of Ancient Greece" and I grouped questions into sub-pages. This site often receives over 1000 hits a day while the other 49 pages that I published receive fewer than 20. In short, the reason for making this site is that people responded to it quite strongly.
Question: what major historic event happend in greece
Answer: Some major events:
Question: what did the shops look like
Answer: In the bad weather the shops were in the shopowner's homes. During the good weather they were in stalls in the Agora.
Question: pictures of Theano the philosopher
Answer: There are no pictures of Theano because the ancient Greeks did not like to do portraits. But the following picture could very well be used to represent her presenting at a symposium: Click here
Question: I have to do a project on ancient Greece , and I have to include 2 myths. I already have the one about Theseus and the Minotaur, but can you suggest one and give a description of it? Pleas HURRY!!!
Answer: Click on the menu directory below and click on Pasiphae, Ariadne, or Europa.
Question: What was women role in house?
Answer: The house was women's realm. The realm of men was outside.
Question: who is the most powerful god/goddess? who is the most dangerous and the grstest?
Answer: Zeus is more powerful than all the other gods and goddesses combined. But an individual must be fearful of any god or goddess that that has been crossed. You cannot afford to have any of them against you.
Question: what where the women that belonged to the race titans called?
Answer: Titanides: Theia, Rhea, Themis, Mnemosyne, Phoebe, and Tethys.
Question: Why did woman inspire the art so much
Answer: Ancient Greek women were very exciting to be around.
Question: were there any requirements in the way women were physical to look
Answer: Beauty was important to the ancient Greeks, but they thought their women were the most beautiful in the world. They often pictured beautiful women but rarely pictured the old or ugly ones.
Question: how independent were women
Answer: They were very independent. Though the custom was to restrict women to the home, these seems to have been somewhat of an advantage for them. They were freed of male harasment and also of taboos and rituals. Their main problem seems to have been the inadequacy of their education because they could not attend school. But because they could associate with educated men, they were some of the most educated women ever.
Question: Nymphs. How did they die out from exsistance
Answer: The ancient Greeks thought they were immortal goddesses. They are as alive today as they ever were. In some respects fairies are nymphs renamed. Angels may also be in this category.
Question: in art was the figure used as an ideal beauty that everyone should desire?
Answer: For the ancient Greeks it was more a matter of glorifying the gods than what individuals should desire.
Question: What did owls represent in Ancient Greece?
Answer: Owls were the symbol of athena and of wisdom.
Question: How was everything with abortion and infanticide during the Hellenistic period?
Answer: The situation did not change until the Roman empire became Christian well after the Hellenistic period.
Question: why artemis was born?
Answer: To personify the natural processes of birth and death.
Question: did all vase paintings depict all women serving men, whatever the women's status?
Answer: Consider the following images:
Athena is serving but this must be a honor to Hercules, not a humiliation of Athena. Women are not often shown serving men while men are sometimes shown serving women. Women are not present in ancient Greek images as servants. They are often present for other reasons.
Question: Your answer for the meaning/origin of the word "classical" is bogus--nothing to do with Greek, it's from a Latin word: here's the etymology and discussion from the OED (s.v. "classic"):
[ad. F. classique, or L. classic-us of the highest class, of the first
order, f. classis:
see CLASS n. and -IC.
Gellius has ‘classicus..scriptor, non proletarius’, where the word
means ‘high-class’, as opposed
to ‘low’ (cf. proletarius sermo, Plautus), and this is the main sense of
classique in Cotgr., as well
as in our earliest examples. Littré however takes as his first sense of
classique ‘Used in or belonging
to the classes of colleges or schools’; and it is probable that this
notion has influenced the word in its
extension to the ancient authors generally, as studied in school or
college, together with the
associated languages, literature, history, geography, mythology, art,
etc. It is probable, also, that the
transference of the epithet from the first-class or standard writers in
Greek and Latin to these
languages themselves has been partly owing to the notion that the latter
are intrinsically excellent or
of the first order, in comparison with the modern tongues. But the
extension has probably been in
the main unthinking and unanalysed: the Greek and Roman authors read in
school were actually the
classical writers in these languages, and thus ‘classic’ became
practically synonymous with ‘ancient
Greek or Roman’. Cf. also the modern L. locus classicus, the passage of
first-rate authority or
importance.]
Answer: Your statement that the word classical derives from Latin is essentially correct, but your statement that Greek is not involved is somewhat suspect. The 11th edition of the Encyclopaedia Brittanica traces the word to Aulius Gellius in relation to the Latin word for class. This in turn is based on the Indo-european root 'kel-' which means 'to shout. But this world is related to the Greek word 'kalein' to call. The derivation given earlier no doubt relates to the cell portion of the world excell. This is related to the kol portion of the Greek word 'kolophon' which means summit. The Indo-european root of this word is also 'kel-' which here means hill.
Question: which women the beautiful god of greece
Answer: The women of ancient Greece were the most beautiful that the world has ever known. They were so beautiful that the male gods could not resist them. This is why so many were raped by the gods.
Question: How was abortion preformed?
Answer: Click on the Menu Directory below and click on Medicine.
Question: how do you pronounce hera?
Answer: Hear-ah with emphasis on the first syllable.
Question: What role of Women in Greek society is portrayed on Greek vases?
Answer: Too many roles to list here. In fact that is what is amazing about the vases.
Question: Argos
Answer: Argos was an important Greek city to the north of the Peloponese. It was important in myth and may have been the oldest Greek city. Agamemnon was king of Argos. It was one of the cities that made up Mycenae after which the mycenaean civilization was named.
Question: what are the Ancient Greek Oracles
Answer: An oracle was a priest or priestess who communicated directly with a god or goddess. Their communication was always cryptic and had to be interpreted by another priest or priestess.
Question: most beautiful goddess
Answer: Most goddesses are perfectly beautiful, but Hesiod says that Hera is the most beautiful. Paris thought it was Aphrodite. Oenone thought that Paris should have picked Athena. It is unwize to pick any goddess as most beautiful as you gain the favor of one but the animosity of many. You cannot stand the animosity of even one goddess.
Question: what sort of patern design can you show me, to do with ancient Grece?
Answer: The ancient Greeks were not terribly fond of patterns but they did use them for example:
Question: Was Charybdis an inanimate thing (a whirlpool) or a female "monster?" I have seen both written and need clarification.
Answer: She was a female goddess personification of an inanimate object. Selene is the goddess of the moon in the same respect.
Question: what is the difference between a respectable greek women in art versus an unrespectable
Answer: Because of the religious nature of Greek art the women depicted are respectable.
Question: Were there priestesses?
Answer: Yes. The goddesses were usually served by priestesses.
Question: could men hit any woman?
Answer: No. They could only hit women they had access to. Men had access only to the women of their own house. If they hit another man's women they would be prosecuted. If a man hit his wife he would not be prosecuted, but a wife had personal access to a man and could make his life miserable. Hitting a female child was easier, but still risky because the mother or other relative might defend her. The easiest was to hit a slave in his house. A woman slave had no recourse.
Question: What did ancient greek women look like, what colour hair, what colour skin, what colour eyes, and about how tall were they?
Answer: The Kore with Bird in Berlin is 5 foot 4 inches. This is a good height for a woman in Ancient Greece. The women were well built and fair. The Minoan women had light skin and black hair and eyes. The Mycenaean women had light skin, blond hair, and blue eyes. The Dorian women had darker skin, brown hair and brown eyes. Later Greeks had a mixture of the above.
Question: what kind of sports were there in ancint Greece
Answer: Mainly there was chariot racing. There were also athletic competitions such as the Olympics. There were also team sports played in Sparta but the rules have been forgotten.
Question: I want to know how did the tabula game get made up?
Answer: Click here
Question: What is a famous philosipher of anciant grece?
Answer: Aglaonice, Agnodice, Damo, Diotima, Elpinice, Perictyone, Theano, and Theoclea were famous Greek women philosophers.
Question: help me im stuck i cant find what customs acient greek people had-please help
Answer: There are a number of considerations:
In general customs are just what the people did habitually. Study their lives to determine what they did repeatedly.
Question: Where can I find pictures of women playing knucklebones?
Answer: Click here
Question: did women pass gas
Answer: Gas in the digestive system is a function of three factors, diet, microbial culture in the digestive system, genetic makeup that provides the ensymes to digest what is eaten. I know of no difference between men and women in this regard. We can draw some conclusions about ancient diet, but it is hard to draw any conclusion about the microbial culture in their digestive systems. As to genetic makeup, if the food has been consumed for some time in the culture it might be assumed that the people in the culture have the enzymes to digest it. If this is true then there is less residue that microbes might digest. Since it is the microbes digesting that produces the gas then less gas would result. Ancient diets had more coarse foods which has some health benefits. Under normal circumstances this may have resulted in less digestive gas. But they also had poor sanitation. This allowed more pathogenic bacteria in their diets. This may have produced more gas.
Question: where can I find symbols?
Answer: Search under the name of what is symbolized.
Question: what symbolic values did the everyday container have in greek art?
Answer: The art from ancient Greece was not for everyday use. Rather it was for special use to please the gods. Items for everyday use may not have been decorated at all.
Question: where can i find the symbol that represents Princess Cassandra?
Answer: Godesses have symbols but not mortals like Cassandra. In addition to being a princess, she was also a prophetess and probably a priestess of Athena. She was also the second most beautiful women in the world but her life was far more tragic than that of Helen.
Question: why there is no women scientist in ancient greek
Answer: There certainly were women scientists.
Many men have not been fond of the intellectual accomplishments of women. As a result their contributions have been overlooked, or assigned to men. What is surprising is that women have not made more of an effort to record these accomplishments. Even though women in ancient Greece were not included in the formal system of education, there were many oppotunities that they took advantage of. The result is that the women of ancient Greece were some of the most accomplished women ever, in science and other intellectual areas.
Question: In what ways are Ancient Greek women different from modern women today?
Answer: Judging by the evidence of art and literature, they were more beautiful, more intelligent, and freer to be themselves. But they were less healthy, even though they were trimmer and ate better diets. They isolated themselves from the world of men and pursued tasks that were reserved for women. Though their choice of clothes were limited they managed to exibit a great deal of variety in their dress.
Question: What do you think someone would mean using this word discuusing greek domination..."eudaimonisthanatologistic"
Answer: The first part of the word references 'eudemonistic' which is a system of ethics derived from Aristotle that evaluates the morality of actions based on their ability to produce happiness. The second part of the word references 'thanatos' which is an alleged instinct to self- destruction. The third part references 'logistic' which here refers to a system of calculation. What comes to mind is the notion of tragedy where the hero obtains eternal happiness by transcending his/her own destruction. The word seems to say that the Greeks were obsessed with being a hero of this sort. In truth this seems to be what they achieved through the efforts of their literary and visual artists, but it is another thing to say that they desired this. My impression is that they were a very competitive people who were always living on the edge who drifted into heroism, but were not drawn to it.
Question: I was wondering what the role of lesbian womyn was in ancient greece.... or if there is any recorded history of lesbian womyn during this time.
Answer: The Amazons may have been Lesbian. Sappho was derided for being a Lesbian. But because of the isolation of women Lesbians were hard to identify. Women left little evidence of their activity. You might want to read what Sappho says in her poetry and decide for yourself.
Question: pics of cassiopeia
Answer: Click here
Question: I have a reproduction 6th century BC vase with an image of Prometheus on one side. Next to him is a young woman playing a double flute with a small inscription beside her, which I believe reads: AULETRIS. Can you tell me more about this figure and its meaning?
Answer: The instrument the girl is playing is an aulos. The word 'auletris' means flute-girl.
Question: Did anything represent any Greek godesses? (symbols)
Answer: All the goddesses have symbols, for example Hera uses a cow or a peacock.
Question: Do you think that the Greeks really existed?
Answer: The evidence for ancient Greece is quite strong. Many local museums have relics from this civilization. The evidence for their mytholical personages is not so strong. But many details of the Iliad and Odyssey have been verified by archeology. But sirens, Scylla lotus eaters, etc. have not been verified. The ancient Greeks wrote a great deal so there is much that can be verified, but they also wrote stories that cannot be verified.
Question: IS there a general symbol that represents all the Greek Goddesses? If so what is it?
Answer: Goddesses can be recognized in their normal appearance because they are a full head taller than the average man, though they are perfectly proportioned otherwise. They often wore ethereal garments also. The Greeks had a tradition of sacred garments. A goddess could easily be symbolized by such a garment. In the period before the Trojan war these garments were the flounced dresses found in the Minoan society but later they were more likely to be a fine peplos. The garments were often prepared by high-status women in a special religious committee.
Question: positive qualities of greek women
Answer: Intelligence, beauty, productivity.
Question: I once heard that all goddesses were branded with a distinct symbol. Is this true? If so what is the symbol?
Answer: Not true. The notion of branding a goddess is silly. The ancient Greek goddesses mostly were branded with ideal femininity, but this misses the point.
Question: what was the Venus de Milo Holding in that sculprture
Answer: Some say she was holding a shield in one hand and a mirror in the other. But there are no copies or descriptions from ancient times to confirm this.
Question: what is sgrafitto?
Answer: This is a technique of drawing involing scratching through one layer into the color of the next. This method may have been used by the ancient Greeks in their ceramic art.
Question: what about greek pottery and ceramics?
Answer: Click on the Menu directory below, then click on art.
Question: character of Eurydice
Answer: In spite of the fact that she was a nymph, an immortal goddess, her death became the cause of the visit to the underworld by Orpheus. This visit was important because Orpheus did not have to die to do it and he learned a great deal about the deities while he was there. But he could not ressurect Eurydice. Her loss was later implicated in his own death. Beyond this little is known of Eurydice.
Question: what did the women do when their husbands were away?
Answer: Mainly they worked. The women of the house stayed in the house and did women's work while the men did the work outside the home. The women were the guardians of the house and keeper of the keys. The women of the house included the wife of the owner, daughters and other relatives and female slaves. Women's work included weaving, cooking, baking bread, tending the fires, carrying water and wastes, and cleaning. Some women were required to do the planting if there was an associated farm. There were also festivals that were restricted to women. Women left the home mainly during a festival. The isolation of women helped to protect them from the unwanted attentions of men but it also kept them more faithful.
Question: did they had animals on ancient greece? if they did what kind?
Answer: For pets they had dogs, pigeons, and cranes. For domestic animals they had horses, cattle, pigs, goats, sheep, and pigeons.
Question: today we give rings to smybolize marriagewhat did the ancient greeks use to smybolize marriage?
Answer: At the wedding ceremony the bride cut her hair and sacrificed her girlish toys.
Question: Did wpmen in Classical Athens lead sequestered lives?
Answer: Not really. Tasks of husbands and wives were sharply divided by sex with the husband working outside of the home and the wife within it. The wife was usually surrounded by other women who served her including relatives, daughters, and family slaves. If there were slaves they carried water and wastes in and out of the house. But the women had many festivals that they attended outside of the home. The hetarae went with the men to many of the entertainments for men only.
Question: what were Mycenean women like?
Answer: They are some of the most famous woman ever. Helen of Troy, Clytemnestra, Antigone, Electra, and Jocasta were all Mycenaean. They were powerful, beautiful, and active. Their dress could be similar to the Minoan women but they had more choice and usually covered their breasts. The flounced skirts of the Mycenaean women were reserved for religious events. On other occaisons they wore straight skirts of leather or cloth. It may have been the Mycenaean women who threw off the many taboos that restrict women in primitve cultures, at least there are few evident in the stories about them.
Question: What was the role of Women in Greek Mythology and where can I find information???
Answer: Most of mythology is the province of gods and heros. Women were the mothers, sisters, daughters, and wives of the famous men who went on the many adventures. They were keepers of the house and bearers of the children. Sometime they were the goal and reward, and sometimes they were a dangerous distraction. Many of the monsters were female for a reason which may relate to this. Women can also be a prize or bait. Men are on the move while women tend to be a stationary influence. This can have both positive and negative implications. There is much in this site that relates to these issues. And further study of this subject is quite interesting and important because of the implications it has for contemporary women.
Question: What is the name of the ancient greek owl?
Answer: Athena did not have a pet owl or a symbol of the owl. Athena and the owl are interchangeable. Athena and the owl are different appearances of the same person. The name of the ancient Greek owl is Athena.
Question: weren't there the dionysian rites where woman did sacred secret rites and ceremony that men knew nothing about?
Answer: Click on the menu directory below and click on Maenads.
Question: describe a typical matriarchal social system that exist in pre historic and ancient time
Answer: The Amazons are the only matriarchical system that I know of. Click on the Menu directory below and click on Amazons.
Question: what do the images of women on grave stele tell us about greek culture and society.
Answer: Stele of this sort:
Inclusion of women in a grave stele assures that women have a place in the spiritual life of the ancient Greeks.
Question: What different female Greek slaves were there and what were there purpose?
Answer: Essentially there were two types of slaves, trustworthy and untrustworthy. The trustworthy slaves were treated like family members and often spent the day with the women of the house. They would nurse, cook meals and even supervise the untrustworthy slaves. Such a slave might even be sent to school to become a hetarae and later be able to earn her own freedom.
Untrustworthy slaves were stuck with drudgery and might even be abused. They carried water and wastes and could be involved in prostitution. Grinding of grain, weaving tasks, sewing, and many other repetitive tasks were possible.
Question: Ancient Greek meaning for virgin?
Answer: A woman who was yet to marry. An un-married woman.
Question: Were women forced to have sex with men they didn't want to if they weren't married?
Answer: Before marriage maidens were protected by Artemis so they would not have sex. During the classical period a marriage would be arranged by the girl's father. Only those girls got a choice of a mate if their father gave her one. A wise father would give the girl a choice but not all were wise. Some marriages were politically motivated. After marriage a girl's only choice was to have sex with her husband. Some girls were sold into slavery and could not be married and had no choice about who they had sex with.
During the heroic age some marriages were arranged by the father but there were other options as well. Some men had to contest for a woman and the woman became the wife of the winner. Some men actually abducted the woman. Some women were prizes of war. If, in the course of business, one man killed another, the dead man's wife became the wife of the victor. The woman seemed to be bound to the man's property. Stories of nymphs suggest that his binding may have preceeded the marriage. Each woman was assigned a property to guard, a tree, a well, or a stream. The man who eventually obtained that property obtained that property married the woman as well. The man may obtain the property by wooing the woman, through a contest, or through trade. During the heroic period a woman had more options than sex with her husband. Gods and lovers both made themselves available.
Question: can you tell me the URL(s) for Greek art that includes mermaids?
Answer: There are no mermaids in Greek art. But Aphrodite was the model for later mermaids and is also referred to as the first mermaid. There were many goddesses that lived in a under the sea. Some were Nereides and others were Oceanides. Naiades were freshwater nymphs. There are even gods that look like mermaids: Triton.
Question: theda
Answer: Theda Bara was a silent screen actress born in 1890. She was known for portraying women who lived only for sensual pleasure
Question: prophetess Anna
Answer: Anna Perenna is a Roman Goddess.
Question: IS THERE A GREEK GODESS OF MOTHERS OR BABIES THAT BREASTFEED?
Answer: Artemis.
Question: "Lysistrata "
Answer: Lysistrata was a comedy by Aristophanes and the main character had the same name. Lysistra is one of the greatest comedies ever written. It was even funnier in ancient times because there are many puns and jokes that depend on the language. But there is still a great deal of insight about the battle of the sexes and politics. As Lysistrata points out, life is pretty miserable if you don't get along with your wife. And getting along means she gets her way a lot of the times.
Question: how did the ancient greeks look at female bodyhair?
Answer: Ancient Greek women removed most body hair by singing with a flame. They did not remove hair on their head this way.
Question: What is Hellenization? Which goddess (Athena or Artemis) do you think survived Hellenization most successfully and why? Which attributes of each are the most contrasting?
Answer: The ancient Greeks were quite creative peoples and modified most of the standard myths for their own purpose. Of the goddesses thus created Aphrodite has been the most successful. Athena has been less successful, though she is pecularly Greek. Artemis is more problematic. Today we reference Mother Nature rather than the lythe and youthful Artemis, though she is still a popular sculpture subject. You may study Athena and Artemis further by click on the Menu Directory belwo.
Question: who sculpted the Wings of Victory?
Answer: the statue was produced by the Rhodians in gratitude of their sea victories with the Romans over Antiochus III of Syria (222 187 BC). The name of the sculptor is not clear. It is also called the Nike of Samothrace.
Question: under helios's influence
Answer: Helios was the sun god. Selene was the moon goddess. Gaia was the earth goddess. Uranos was the sky god. Eos was dawn goddess.
Question: what did pots look like
Answer: Question: According to Hippolytus, states that he wishes that children could be born in other ways, since women are an economic drain, dangerous when clever, and prone to adultery, however, how is the actual experience of women in Athens and early Rome relfected in Hippolytus' attitude?
Answer: I will not deal with ancient Rome, but in Ancient Greece the
situation was far different than that suggested by Hippolytus. Because the
women of ancient Greece were separated from the men in their own world, they
were harder to control and less available. Children were so important
that the women where concerned with little else. Their economic productivity
was resricted to weaving, bread making, and having children. But the
children were the key to economic growth. Actually they must be credited with
doing a very good job. We know now that early education is vital and the
success of the Greek culture is a tribute to their women. The Athenian women
were not a drain, not prone to adultery, and they are some of the most
productive women ever as judged by their accomplishments.
Question: What is the role of women in ancient Greek political discourse,
knowledge and philsophy?
Answer: Some men thought women were a silly distraction. They thought their
place was weaving or taking care of children. Other men thought they were
worth talking to. Some men demanded intelligent women as entertainment.
A few men expected their wives and daughters to contribute to their
work. These women became philosophers. Though the women did not make as
big a mark as the Ancient Greek men, they made a bigger contribution than
any other society until modern times.
Question: did the trojan war really happen or is it just a myth?
Answer: The nature of myth is that somebody believes it is true. But the
truth of a myth depends upon an oral tradition. It does not seem
surprising that a bard would bend the truth to make a tale that would
be more exciting to his audience. So myths seem to have a fictional
character. But something can be identified as the source of the myth.
Archeology can sometimes shed light on the source of the myth. Many, but
not all, of the statements of the Iliad and the Odyssey have been verified.
For this reason the present tendency is to accept the historical truth
of the Trojan war, even though the archeological record has not yet
provided direct confirmation.
Question: In the epic poem THE ODYSSEY, since retributive justice has been
the code in this story, based on the epic's ending, what do you think Homer
believes about retributive justice?
Answer: Retributive justice is natural and in some cases easy to apply,
But it is simplistic to think that this is Homer's focus. It was justice
when Penelope induced the wooers to give her presents, because this would
be partial compensation for their parties. But killing the wooers recovered
nothing. Killing the maids who related sexually with the wooers was not
retributive either because it did not bring back the chasity of the maids.
Nor can killing really be a punishment because the killed cannot learn
from their experience. The wooers were killed because they were a military
threat to the recovery of power by Odysseus. The structure of justice in
the Odyssey must be looked at more carefully.
Question: who danced in greece men or women or both
Answer: There were festivals for men only, women only, and for everyone.
at the festivals for men only men danced for men and at the festivals
for women only the women danced for women. At the festivals for everyone
men an women danced for everyone. At the symposiums men and women danced
for men.
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