Arktinos of Miletus added a doomed romance, describing how the Greek Achilles killed ... and the subjugation of women. The Hercules versus the Amazons myth was adapted to include Theseus, whom ...

The stories and myths associated with women tell us a lot more about the preoccupations of Greek men than they do the about the opinions and imaginations of Greek women. Women were the givers of ...

Much like similar derogatory titles “siren” and “fury”, the term “harpy” is derived from a group of monstrous female figures ...

The Greek goddess Artemis ... The full moon’s effects on women remain a blend of myth, anecdote, and scientific curiosity.

Greek women gradually attained equality before the law over the course of the 20th century. Traditional gender roles have changed, but old habits die hard and feminists still have to speak out against ...

“Plato tells the story to show that true love aims at the soul and not the body, so many thought he was anti-sex and the myth of Platonic love spread far and wide. But Plato also celebrated eroticism ...

Not only an occasion for thinking and philosophizing, the symposium was also a place for enjoying women, wine ... an important part of the revelry at Greek feasts. Photograph by Bridgeman/ACI ...