In cities such as Athens women had few rights and little opportunity to take part in sports, theatre, or public life. Because of this we know only the most general details of their lives, interests, ...

Elevated to statue-worthy status by such legendary beauties as Aspasia of Miletus, consort of Pericles, hetaerae (often translated as courtesans — prostitutes with a courtly, upper-class clientele) ...

The debate of Socrates and Aspasia, by Nicolas-André Monsiau (1800). Standing by Socrates is Alcibiades. Source: Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain. In my last post I discussed the pros and cons of the ...