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» "Until Death Us Do Part": Marriage and Funeral Rites in Classical Athens
   Article on ceremonies of marriage and death in ancient Athens, implications for status of Athenian women.
   http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/classes/JSp.html

» A Day in the Life of an Athenian Woman
   Essay with illustrations regarding the portrayal of Athenian women in art classical and Hellenistic Greece.
   http://www1.hollins.edu/faculty/saloweyca/Athenian%20Woman/Nadia%20Manifold/Portrayal%20of%20Women%20Throughout%20Greece.htm

» About Helen of Troy
   Detailed article about the fabulous Helen of Troy in myth, literature and art.
   http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/g_l/hd/abouthelen.htm

» Amazons of Greek Mythology
   Brief summary of Amazon myths, listing of Amazon warriors. Part of Xena fan site.
   http://whoosh.org/issue12/ruffel3.html

» Ancient Greek Women in Athens
   Summary overview of the position of women in Ancient Athens.
   http://www.angelfire.com/ca3/ancientchix/

» Encyclopaedia Romana: Hetairai
   Discussion of ancient Greek hetairai, or courtesans, such as Aspasia, Phryne, Lais, and Neaera.
   http://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/greece/hetairai/hetairai.html

» Male Authors and Women
   Article discussing the portrayal of women in Ancient Greek literature as written by male authors. From Tufts' "Women in Antiquity" course.
   http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/classes/EPp.html

» Minoan Snake Goddess
   Discussion, articles, and questions concerning the "Snake Goddess" images excavated from Knosses by Sir Arthur Evans and its implications for female worship on Crete.
   http://witcombe.sbc.edu/snakegoddess/

» Poetry of Sappho
   Biography and selected works in translation of the Greek Sappho, preeminent woman poet of antiquity.
   http://www.sappho.com/poetry/sappho.html

» Role of Women in the Art of Ancient Greece
   Index and references to discussions of women's position in ancient Greek art.
   http://www.fjkluth.com

» The Divine Sappho
   Life, works of famous Greek poetess, Sappho. Includes H.T. Wharton's "Life" of Sappho, poems in translation, other classical references.
   http://classicpersuasion.org/pw/sappho/

» The Ecole Initiative: The Eleusinian Mysteries
   Discussion of known facts about the rites of the Eleusinian Mysteries in which Greek priestesses were significantly involved.
   http://users.erols.com/nbeach/eleusis.html

» The Role of Women in The Art of Ancient Greece
   An encyclopaedic site of brief entries concerning famous Greek women, goddesses, and literary characters from Amazons to Zosteria (Athena). Includes study questions and answers.
   http://www.fjkluth.com/women2.html

» The Women of Athens
   Descriptive summary of a normal day for Athenian women.
   http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/aegean/culture/womenofathens.html

» Women and Family in Athenian Law
   Article regarding how women were viewed, and treated, under ancient Athenian Law. Part of the Center for Hellenistic Studies' articles on ancient Greek culture.
   http://www.chs.harvard.edu/discussion_series.sec/athenian_law.ssp/athenian_law_lectures_2.pg