This article questions the commonly assumed prevalence of women in Greek Hellenistic priesthoods, often considered to put them on equal footing with men in this sphere, through the particular case study of Rhodes, a state whose religious organisation appears entirely dominated by male priests. It suggests that it is time to revise some of the general assumptions about women and Greek religion by placing greater emphasis on regional variations. Consequently, it argues that local organisation and the epigraphic habit likely played a role, and examines in detail the evidence that does survive for Rhodian priestesses. Do these appear in particularly “feminine” cultic contexts? Can we find any evidence for a “gender-rule” of priesthoods? Finally...
In the Hellenistic period, royal women played key roles in dynastic representation and rule with a f...
In ancient Greece, Thessaly, Aitolia, Epiros, Macedonia, Cyclads, Aegean’s Islands and the eastern c...
How can we offer researchers methods and tools that will allow them to write a history of antiquity ...
Ancient Greece from 2000 to 146 BCE maintained a gendered hierarchy, more specifically a patriarchy ...
In this article we will try to give an answer to the question of changes in the visibility of women...
Citation: Paczuska, A. (2017). Priestesses and Patriarchy – The Daily Lives of Ancient Greek Prieste...
L’image que la littérature grecque donne des femmes est souvent négative et l’idéal féminin qui s’en...
To the modern reader, ancient Greece may seem like a highly male dominated culture. The writings th...
Cet article se propose d’étudier comment, dans le monde grec antique, les femmes étaient nommées et ...
This article is the first publication of a Greek inscription from Akmoneia in Phrygia, dated to A.D....
This study analyzes the impact of religious practices on the social status of women in the culture o...
Athenian women were excluded from nearly all areas of public life with significant cultural value, i...
Women other than the Pythia are excluded from the consultation and reception of oracles, but they ar...
Ancient Egypt has always seemed a very pious place, with Pharaoh himself positioned as both divine a...
International audienceThe epigraphic and iconographical data from Palmyra shed light on the roles of...
In the Hellenistic period, royal women played key roles in dynastic representation and rule with a f...
In ancient Greece, Thessaly, Aitolia, Epiros, Macedonia, Cyclads, Aegean’s Islands and the eastern c...
How can we offer researchers methods and tools that will allow them to write a history of antiquity ...
Ancient Greece from 2000 to 146 BCE maintained a gendered hierarchy, more specifically a patriarchy ...
In this article we will try to give an answer to the question of changes in the visibility of women...
Citation: Paczuska, A. (2017). Priestesses and Patriarchy – The Daily Lives of Ancient Greek Prieste...
L’image que la littérature grecque donne des femmes est souvent négative et l’idéal féminin qui s’en...
To the modern reader, ancient Greece may seem like a highly male dominated culture. The writings th...
Cet article se propose d’étudier comment, dans le monde grec antique, les femmes étaient nommées et ...
This article is the first publication of a Greek inscription from Akmoneia in Phrygia, dated to A.D....
This study analyzes the impact of religious practices on the social status of women in the culture o...
Athenian women were excluded from nearly all areas of public life with significant cultural value, i...
Women other than the Pythia are excluded from the consultation and reception of oracles, but they ar...
Ancient Egypt has always seemed a very pious place, with Pharaoh himself positioned as both divine a...
International audienceThe epigraphic and iconographical data from Palmyra shed light on the roles of...
In the Hellenistic period, royal women played key roles in dynastic representation and rule with a f...
In ancient Greece, Thessaly, Aitolia, Epiros, Macedonia, Cyclads, Aegean’s Islands and the eastern c...
How can we offer researchers methods and tools that will allow them to write a history of antiquity ...