Ancient Greek poet Sappho gave powerful expression to female desire (Credit: Getty Images) Historical accounts from the ancient world tend to reveal the cloistered nature of women's lives.

The experiences of women differed in ancient Athens and Sparta. Largely portrayed as "invisible," evidence reveals a striking ...

No known historical images of her remain today ... One of the most famous stories of women in ancient Greece was a society of warrior women known as the Amazons. Unfortunately, very little evidence ...

Theano of Crotone, an ancient Greek philosopher and mathematician in her own right, is often referred to as the wife of ...

Overall, women in ancient Greece were in charge of managing the home, raising children, and overseeing slaves. Their rights ...

Women were not allowed to attend the Olympic Games in ancient Greece. Rating: Mixture (About this rating?) What's True: According to historical sources, "women" — specifically meaning, in that ...

First, though, why do we still remember those Greek myths from so long ago? Although this is a piece about the women of the legends, and how they’re finding their way to centre stage at last ...

The idea that women were inferior to men was a widely held belief in ancient Greek society, and one that would go on to influence Western culture for many centuries thanks in large part to the ...

From ancient Greece through Puritan New England, witches functioned as easy targets for cultural anxieties about gender, power and mortality. Ancient witches: gender and power. While modern witchcraft ...