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	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.
	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.
	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.
	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.
	Spartan Women in Herodotos - http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Aegean/7849/herodotos.html Discussion of the treatment of Spartan women in the works of the Greek historian, Herodotus.
	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.

	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.

"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.

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