In ancient Greece, the family always comes first. The most basic unit of Greek society is the household, or oikos. Because…who else?īut first, let’s enjoy our last morning in our father’s house. And it’s a special one, because today, you’re getting married. So let’s time travel back to the Classical Period, around 432, as well-to-do daughters in the city of Athens. Stretch your arms, ladies: it’s time to start our day.
In 321 you have the start of the Hellenistic Period, which is where we’ll find Alexander the Great and his hardcore lady relations, all the way up until Rome takes things over in 31. It’s something of a Golden Age for Greece: radical democracy is popping off, the wine is flowing, and the arts are blossoming, giving birth to great buildings like the Parthenon. In the 7th and 6th centuries, you’ve got tyrants lording it over much of Greece, until eventually the people grow so tired of rich men’s power games and say, “you know what? It’s democracy time.” After fighting some harrowing wars with the Persians, we enter what’s called the Classical Period, which runs from 480 to around 323. They rule from places like Mycenae (the traditional home of that ass hat Agamemnon), Tiryns, Thebes, Argos, and Troy. As that age falls away around 1100, we eventually see the rise of city-states like Athens the Greek alphabet crops up around 800 BCE, and the first Olympic Games are held in 776. This is a time when Greece is a collection of tribes, often warring against each other. Think epic myths and vengeful gods, burly heroes and the Trojan War. So let’s start here: what counts as “ancient Greece”? It starts around 1600 BCE with the Myceneans and what’s called the Bronze Age. It’s hard to sum up what life is like for a lady when we’re talking about a civilization that’s hopping for more than 1,000 years. When we talk about ancient history, it’s hard to say exactly when a civilization rose and fell. any quotes highlighted in bold are not actual historical quotes: just me having fun with fiction. Please forgive any spelling or formatting weirdness. 2003.Įpisode TRANSCRIPT Part 1 I chop and change a bit as I record, so this won’t be exact. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Oct. “ Death, Burial, and the Afterlife in Ancient Greece.” Department of Greek and Roman Art. “ The Greek Festival of Thesmophoria.” By N.S. “ Cynisca and the Heraean Games: The Female Athletes of Ancient Greece.” By Shirsho Dasgupta, The Wire, Aug. “ Keepers of the Faith.” By Steve Coates, New York Times (Sunday Book Review), July 20o7. 15, BUILDING COMMUNITIES: House, Settlement and Society in the Aegean and Beyond (2007), pp. “House and veil in ancient Greece.” By Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones, British School at Athens Studies. Journal of Investigative Dermatology Symposium Proceedings. “ Hairstyles in the Arts of Greek and Roman Antiquity.” By Norbert Haas, FrancoiseToppe, Beate M.Henz. “ Phryne, The Ancient Greek Prostitute Who Flashed Her Way to Freedom.” By Theodoros Karasavvas, Ancient Origins, Feb. “ The Secret History of Ancient Toilets.” By Chelsea Wald,, May 2016. “ Researchers Uncover Ancient Greek Island’s Complex Plumbing System.” By Jason Daley,, Jan. “ Hetaira.” Encyclopaedia Romana, accessed June 2019. “ Wine, Women, and Wisdom: The Symposia of Ancient Greece.” By Francisco Javior Murcia, National Geographic HISTORY Magazine, Feb. “ Delphic Oracle's Lips May Have Been Loosened by Gas Vapors.” National Geographic, 2001. If you’re looking to go deep diving into ancient Greece in more depth, this is where to go! The History of Ancient Greece podcast by Ryan Stitt. Plutarch's Life of Lycurgus, chap. xviii (51B). Pamela Toler, Beacon Press, 201p.Įncyclopedia of Hair: A Cultural History. Adrienne Mayor, Princeton University Press, 2014. The Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women Across the Ancient World. Ancient Greece: Everyday Life in the Birthplace of Western Civilization.
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