Nowadays, few people know that Hermione is a character in Homer's Odyssey. But what is her significance and role in Greek ...

Defined by the men in their lives, women in ancient Rome were valued mainly as wives and mothers. Although some were allowed more freedom than others, there was always a limit, even for the ...

Little remains of the ancient city of Sparta ... mothers have wept in seeing their sons set out for war; Spartan women, however, developed another ritual, aimed at preventing the ignominy that ...