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.

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 ...

Alternatively, the picture could instead represent a generic woman engaged in culturally sanctioned activities, a proper Greek woman behaving just as she should. When considering the images of women ...

The remains of more than 300 ancient warrior women have been unearthed over the years — and more discoveries are ... She says that many of the early images the Greeks made of Amazons often portrayed ...

From the Sapph-Lit book club to the Sapph-o-rama film series and the Sapphic Sandwich Instagram account, a word with an ancient Greek namesake is being reclaimed by women-loving women.

In ancient Greek and Egyptian paintings, women were shown with lighter skin to ... the M.Flandia series may have clung to ancient Greek tradition in one sense. Images on the bottoms of kylikes ...