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	Poetry of Sappho - http://www.sappho.com/poetry/sappho.html Biography and selected works in translation of the Greek Sappho, preeminent woman poet of antiquity.
	Amazons of Greek Mythology - http://whoosh.org/issue12/ruffel3.html Brief summary of Amazon myths, listing of Amazon warriors. Part of Xena fan site.
	Minoan Snake Goddess - http://witcombe.sbc.edu/snakegoddess/ Discussion, articles, and questions concerning the "Snake Goddess" images excavated from Knosses by Sir Arthur Evans and its implications for female worship on Crete.
	The Ecole Initiative: The Eleusinian Mysteries - http://users.erols.com/nbeach/eleusis.html Discussion of known facts about the rites of the Eleusinian Mysteries in which Greek priestesses were significantly involved.
	The Women of Athens - http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/aegean/culture/womenofathens.html Descriptive summary of a normal day for Athenian women.

	"Until Death Us Do Part": Marriage and Funeral Rites in Classical Athens - http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/classes/JSp.html Article on ceremonies of marriage and death in ancient Athens, implications for status of Athenian women.
	The Divine Sappho - http://classicpersuasion.org/pw/sappho/ Life, works of famous Greek poetess, Sappho. Includes H.T. Wharton's "Life" of Sappho, poems in translation, other classical references.
	Encyclopaedia Romana: Hetairai - http://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/greece/hetairai/hetairai.html Discussion of ancient Greek hetairai, or courtesans, such as Aspasia, Phryne, Lais, and Neaera.
	About Helen of Troy - http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/g_l/hd/abouthelen.htm Detailed article about the fabulous Helen of Troy in myth, literature and art.
	Ancient Greek Women in Athens - http://www.angelfire.com/ca3/ancientchix/ Summary overview of the position of women in Ancient Athens.

	Male Authors and Women - http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/classes/EPp.html Article discussing the portrayal of women in Ancient Greek literature as written by male authors. From Tufts' "Women in Antiquity" course.
	A Day in the Life of an Athenian Woman - http://www1.hollins.edu/faculty/saloweyca/Athenian%20Woman/Nadia%20Manifold/Portrayal%20of%20Women%20Throughout%20Greece.htm Essay with illustrations regarding the portrayal of Athenian women in art classical and Hellenistic Greece.
	Role of Women in the Art of Ancient Greece - http://www.fjkluth.com Index and references to discussions of women's position in ancient Greek art.
	The Role of Women in The Art of Ancient Greece - http://www.fjkluth.com/women2.html An encyclopaedic site of brief entries concerning famous Greek women, goddesses, and literary characters from Amazons to Zosteria (Athena). Includes study questions and answers.
	Women and Family in Athenian Law - http://www.chs.harvard.edu/discussion_series.sec/athenian_law.ssp/athenian_law_lectures_2.pg Article regarding how women were viewed, and treated, under ancient Athenian Law. Part of the Center for Hellenistic Studies' articles on ancient Greek culture.

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