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The concept of Circassian beauty is an ethnic stereotype of the Circassian people. A fairly extensive literary history suggests that Circassian women were thought to be unusually beautiful and attractive, spirited, smart, and elegant. Therefore, they were seen as mentally and physically desirable for men, although most Circassians traditionally ...
Ancient Greek women adorned their cleavage with a long pendant necklace called a kathema. [9] The ancient Greek goddess Hera is described in the Iliad to have worn something like an early version of a push-up bra festooned with "brooches of gold" and "a hundred tassels" to increase her cleavage to divert Zeus from the Trojan War . [ 10 ]
Gorgo, Queen of Sparta and wife of Leonidas, as quoted by Plutarch Spartan women were famous in ancient Greece for seemingly having more freedom than women elsewhere in the Greek world. To contemporaries outside of Sparta, Spartan women had a reputation for promiscuity and controlling their husbands. Spartan women could legally own and inherit property, and they were usually better educated ...
The economic power of Athenian women was legally constrained. Historians have traditionally considered that ancient Greek women, particularly in Classical Athens, lacked economic influence. [146] Athenian women were forbidden from entering a contract worth more than a medimnos of barley, enough to feed an average family for six days. [147]
During the past decades, the position of women in Greek society has changed dramatically. Efharis Petridou was the first female lawyer in Greece; in 1925 she joined the Athens Bar Association. [ 31][ 32] The women of Greece won the right to vote in 1952. In 1955, women were first allowed to become judges in Greece.
Alcimede (Greek myth) Alcimede (mother of Jason) Alcyone (daughter of Sciron) Alcyonides. Alexida. Alexirrhoe. Alistra (mythology) Alope. Alphesiboea.
Women in ancient Greek warfare (3 C, 16 P) Pages in category "Women in ancient Greece" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.
This category has the following 22 subcategories, out of 22 total. 1st-century BC Greek women (14 P) 1st-century Greek women (7 P) 2nd-century BC Greek women (14 P) 2nd-century Greek women (5 P) 3rd-century BC Greek women (43 P) 3rd-century Greek women (4 P) 4th-century BC Greek women (1 C, 60 P) 4th-century Greek ...