Women had few rights in male-dominated Athens, and their treatment was sometimes scarcely better than that of domestic slaves. Unless they were prostitutes or courtesans, most wealthy women were ...

A UC archaeologist uses advanced technology to study the' Ladies of Anavlochos,' ancient Greek figurines from Crete, dating ...

In ancient Greece, wealthy men often gathered for decadent banquets called symposia. Not only an occasion for thinking and philosophizing, the symposium was also a place for enjoying women ...

After the Trojan War, some of the Athenian troops were said to have been blown off course, leading to the founding of Scione.

We are transported back to the year 500 BCE to meet Aspasia of Miletus - one of the most important women in Athens - who introduces us to the city-states of Ancient Greece and shares facts about ...