Women in the Athenian AgoraUsing evidence from the Athenian Agora, the authors show how objects discovered during excavations provide a vivid picture of women's lives. The book is structured according to the social roles women played: as owners of property, companions (in and outside of marriage), participants in ritual, craftspeople, producers, and consumers. A final section moves from the ancient world to the modern, discussing the role of women as archaeologists in the early years of the Agora excavations. |
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5th and 4th 5th century b.c. Acropolis activities AGORA EXCAVATIONS Agora Fellow Alison Frantz amphora ancient Archaic aristocratic Aristophanes Athe Athenian Agora Athenian women Bacchai bride Bryn Mawr citizen women cloth Crossroads Shrine dance decorated Dionysos Dorothy Burr DOROTHY BURR THOMPSON dowry drinking cup epikleros Eratosthenes Euphiletos Euphiletos's Euripides fieldwork fountain house funeral garment gender girls Greek gynaikonitis hetaira HIPPARETE Homer Thompson household hydria inscriptions Ischoma Ischomachos joined the Agora jurors kanephoros kanoun krotalon kyrios late 5th century law-court speeches LEKANIS lekythos libation lives loom weights LUCY TALCOTT Lysias Lysias's Lysistrata maenads male Missy Neaira nian oikos participants PERFUME FLASK perhaps photographs play pots pottery public space rite scene School of Classical segregated slaves Socrates spindle Stoa of Zeus STOA POIKILE supervise task TERRACOTTA FIGURINE thyrsos tion tury b.c. Virginia Grace votive gifts water jug weaving wife women's quarters wool basket Xenophon's young