Women’s History Archive
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Diadems: a girl
Posted on February 15, 2013 | No CommentsThe relationship between women and jewellery is a very intriguing one, not only in modern, but also in ancient times. -
The Goddess Hathor and the women of ancient Egypt
Posted on February 8, 2013 | No CommentsThis thesis aims to investigate the women of ancient Egypt with regards to their relationship with the goddess Hathor. Hathor is one of the most popular Egyptian deities, and arguably (until she was assimilated by Isis during later Egyptian history) the most popular deity among the women of Egypt. -
The role of the chantress in ancient Egypt
Posted on February 8, 2013 | No CommentsThe goal of this study is to determine what it meant to be a Sm-r, or chantress, in ancient Egypt. Very little is known about the specifics of the title or the types of people who held it. Surprisingly, there is also a male version of the title, Smr, but the female version is by far the more prevalent. It is the women who held this title that will be the focus of this study. -
Menstrual Blood in Ancient Rome: An Unspeakable Impurity?
Posted on February 8, 2013 | No CommentsThis article examines the language and power associated with menstrual blood in Roman literature, focusing primarily on the issue of ritual impurity. -
Shorn Hair and Boys’ Garb: Defeminization of Spartan Women
Posted on January 28, 2013 | No CommentsSpartan traditions and laws regarding women attempted to masculinize them both actively and passively. -
Mothers, Daughters, Sisters, Citizens: Feminine Civic Virtues in Livy’s Rome
Posted on January 14, 2013 | No CommentsWomen play important roles in the Roman republic; like men, they are war heroes, ambassadors, and priests, or rather priestesses. At the same time, they bring a unique feminine grace to their role and thus are often more successful than the men in performing similar duties. -
Repatriating the Bust of Nefertiti: A Critical Perspective on Cultural Ownership
Posted on January 7, 2013 | No CommentsThe iconic conical headdress, which seems only to enhance her features, still emits her eternal power. She is ethereal and pristine, a piece of history from a culture so widely studied but yet so unknown. She is the visual affirmation of a woman whose name means -
Roman Mater: The Etruscan influence on the role of Roman women
Posted on December 23, 2012 | No CommentsThe Etruscan culture, as can be understood by the material remains, gave a higher status to women and their role in the family than did their Athenian contemporaries. The Romans eventually subsumed the Etruscan culture into their own and took on many Etruscan practices. -
The Menelaion: A Local Manifestation of a Pan-Hellenic Phenomenon
Posted on December 11, 2012 | No CommentsSparta, the mythological birthplace and home of the Homeric heroine, was alleged to have worshiped her at two sites, at a shrine within the polis and at a shrine several kilometers outside the polis.8 We know very little about the former shrine, but the latter has been archaeologically attested; the partial walls and foundations of a fifth-century BCE monument to Helen of Sparta and her husband Menelaos, known as the Menelaion, have been recovered on a ridge near the west bank of the Eurotas. -
Spartacus Mythistoricus: Winning Spartacus into the Mythical
Posted on December 11, 2012 | No CommentsThe Spartacus represented in these media is not the same Spartacus that the ancient sources wrote about. The representation of Spartacus' history has changed dramatically over the course of time and has, in fact,
