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Women and Adversity: Katerina Sakellaropoulou President of Greece

Katerina Sakellaropouolou, President of Greece (thedailyscrum.ca) Women and Adversity: Katerina Sakellaropoulou President of Greece We in America don’t pay much attention to women politicians around the world. Even when a country elects “the first woman” in a high office, it is not banner news in America, especially if we can’t pronounce the woman’s name. Besides, unless there’s an invasion that…

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The Symposia Of Historical Greece

Time Traveling Through Girls's History. On the second day of celebrations a feast was held for all the households. The new bride and groom would be escorted to the groom's residence, the place he would faux to abduct her, after which carry her throughout the edge. The couple and their household would then kneel before the fireside where the bride would be formally introduced to the divinity of her new house. The young bride would solely change into a full member of the new family when she produced her first little one. Ladies had little or no influence, or energy in Greek society and were not extremely regarded till they could produce this youngster. Not until the previous few many years have ladies and ritual grow to be the thing of scholarly investigation. This development is intently entwined with the surge of interest in women and gender studies within classics facilitated by the flow feminine students into the academy and critical methodologies focused on women and gender from different disciplines. Certainly, a lot of the proof for the lives of ancient Greek girls, whether or not literary, archaeological, or inventive, involves ritual exercise. The examine of girls in historic Greece is thus inseparable from the study of girls in Greek faith. greekwomen.org As a result of the classical polis required ladies's non secular participation and public presence, religion has been viewed because the one sphere that allowed for feminine company and civic influence. 17 Because of this, most scholarship emphasizes feminine agency and competence in Greek religion. About one-third of the population was an energetic member of one of many many resistance movements. As I discussed earlier than, ladies of all social courses and ages took part. Yet the principle feminine leaders of the movements had been really rebellious intellectuals who implemented social measures to assist folks undergo the occupation but in addition by giving them tools for when the conflict ended. They created faculties, cultural events (the place they promoted feminist and egalitarian treatment of women), improvised hospitals where they taught different women the fundamentals of medicine, and so on. All these occurred mainly within the mountains where all fled to avoid executions and deportations, which is interesting because it was a time when girls had more egalitarian rights even than at the moment. If she's good, you are in for a deal with and can quickly be learning all about her culture and traditions, and she may even let you watch her make some kourabiedes. If she's a ‘bad' Greek - like me - she generally might simply string along the twelve-or-so Greek words she is aware of and regulate tone accordingly to sound fluently displeased and tremendous cultured. She might actually be eloquent and bilingual - or she may be saying, ‘Giraffe sit down get up can I have some tea your grandmother's house' to attempt sound fancy and impress you.

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Women in the Greek Revolutionof 1821: Spyridon Prosalentis : Battle Scene, V. Delacroix : Slave Market, Greek women praying to the Virgin Mary to protect them during battle (d’après Ary Schiffer), Jean-Baptiste Vinchon : Subject inspired by the massacre of Samothrace. 1827? Greek Warrior mourning over his dead wife and child, Horace Vernet : Greek women watching for the outcome of the battle, Peter Von Hess : An Athenian family returns to its ruined house, A.D. Holborn : Wounded greek freedom fighter dying in the arms of his wife, 1832, People of Parga on exile d’après Ary Schiffer, Michel Genod : Departure of the young warrior. #theocharakisfoundation #women #grekrevolution1821 #prosalentis #battlescene #delacroix #slavemarket #virginmary #greekwomen #schiffer #vinchon #massacre #samothrace #horacevernet #petervonhess #holborn #parga #michelgenod #departure #youngwarrior #peinture #paintings #instapic #photooftheday #athensmycity (à B & M Theocharakis Foundation for the Fine Arts and Music) https://www.instagram.com/p/CR4QjRBFIV2/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Drawing of Ladies in Blue fresco from Minoan Palace of Knossos at Heraklion, Crete. This fresco shows three ladies with elaborate hairstyle, and gesticulating arms. The dresses worn by these women are low-cut and expose their breasts. Based on their posture, it has been suggested that the women are conversing with each other, perhaps during some important festival or ceremony at the court. All in all, the women in the fresco are thought to belong to the upper class of Minoan society. #minoan #minoanart #minoanfresco #ancientcrete #ancientgreekart #greekaesthetics #knossospalace #ladiesinblue #ladiesinblue💙 #archaeologylovers #archaeologylove #archaeologyart #archaeologydecor #markerdrawing #ancientelegance #ancientwomen #ancientwoman #greekwomen #greekwoman #threesisters #aestheticart #aestheticartwork #ancientinspired https://www.instagram.com/p/CKEPpYnB0yT/?igshid=zdnfcr7ngtrh

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Women in 5th Century BCE Greece

Greek culture and mythology considered women as “naturally wild” (Ruden 99) beings, and yet marriage was the norm, in order to “contain all of the solutions to the social problems of women” (100). This idea stems from Greek mythology and the idea that women are descendants of Pandora, who was created by Zeus as a punishment for man. However, it was a widespread belief that men still must marry in order to “sire children to serve as his support system in his waning years.” So, women were a “necessary evil” in this mythology, but in reality, they were the backbone of Greek society (Martin 69). A woman in Athenian society was generally expected to stay indoors. They occasionally were able to get out of the house when participating in religious rituals, some of which were specifically for women (Ruden 101). Poor women sometimes worked in markets as merchants, and Spartan women trained with men on the same level, but the expectation for Greek women was to stay at home and run the household. This responsibility was no easy task:

[Women] were expected to raise the children, supervise the preservation and preparation of food, keep the family’s financial accounts, weave cloth to make clothing, direct the work of the household slaves, and nurse them when they were ill. Households thus depended on women, whose work permitted the family to be economically self-reliant and the male citizens to participate in the public life of the polis. (Martin 68)

 On top of this responsibility, women played significant roles in funerals, festivals, and rituals. A woman who decided to take on the role of a priestess could have enjoyed “considerable prestige, practical benefits such as a salary paid by the state, and greater freedom of movement in public” (68). Generally, it was improper for higher class Athenian women to be outdoors unaccompanied other than for special events. It would even be immodest for a woman to answer the door herself, as opposed to her servant answering. Even speaking a respectable woman’s name in public speeches or conversations was socially looked down upon unless necessary. Upper-class Athenian women spent the majority of their time within their houses in rooms and courtyards reserved for women. Male visitors were not allowed in these rooms, but female friends and their children could socialize in these areas (137).

The Archaic Age saw the formation of the idea of citizenship and city-states in Greece. Although only men had the right to political participation, women were still considered citizens. There is a specific word in the Greek language, politis, that translates to “female citizen.” This word implies a difference between women who are citizens and those who would have been considered foreigners or slaves. Citizen women would have had the privileges of belonging to religious groups reserved only for citizens and of legal protection against kidnapping. Women could own property in certain situations. It was more likely a Spartan woman would be able to, especially with large numbers of Spartan men dying in the wars of the Classical Age (79). Athenian women would have been able to own property or land in some cases of inheritance, like if they had no brothers to claim it first (135).

The inequality of women’s citizenship is apparent in the fact that, while women could go to court over legal issues, they were not able to represent themselves. They had to have a man speak for them. Every woman had to have a male guardian, whether he was her father, husband, uncle, brother, in order to protect her “physically and legally” (Martin 61). Men arranged marriages, often when the woman was still a child. Divorce was acceptable, as a man could forcibly expel his wife from his house, or she could leave on her initiative. Even then, she could be forced to stay by her husband (68). Men altogether had more sexual freedom than women. They were able to sleep with “slaves, foreign concubines, female prostitutes, or wiling pre-adult citizen males” without penalty, while women faced harsh punishment for any act of adultery. The exception was that Spartan women were allowed to have sex out of wedlock to become pregnant, and only if the husband consented. The widely accepted inequalities against women are rooted in the Greek patriarchy’s desire to control reproduction to ensure the legitimacy of the children born in their society (69).

This background knowledge of Greek women’s roles in societies emphasizes the radical nature of what Lysistrata is doing. She is becoming politically active outside of the house, speaking in public, and taking control of any possibility of reproduction. She is going against everything society has told her she should do, and she is doing it for the good of that society.

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The MOMENT not the MOVEMENT of WOMEN has come. The day is an announcement to the Earth and particularly to men"IT IS NO LONGER YOUR FATHERS WORLD." It is my privilege to love and honor you, individually and collectively, as the best part of us. Happy International Womens Day 2019 from around the corner to around the world. #americanwomen #canadianwomen #mexicanwomen #brazilianwomen #columbianwomen #peruvianwomen #thaiwomen #vietnamesewomen #koreanwomen #japanesewomen #philippinewomen #germanwomen #southafricanwomen #frenchwomen #australianwomen #turkishwomen #jewishwomen #catalanwomen #greekwomen #italianwomen #jamaiacanwomen #womeoftrinidadtobago #nigerianwomen #nativeamericanwomen #firstworldswomen #russianwomen #mongolianwomen #chinesewomen #arabwomen #britishwomen (at Mesa, Arizona) https://www.instagram.com/p/BuwaSg3Byut/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1v4xuyxpqyqk4

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Αυτό! Fact! 😈😈😈#moodofday #fact #neverupsetagreekwoman #neverupset #greekwomen #greece #hellas

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Maria Callas, you fabulous Greek Goddess, OG drama queen, you. #mariacallas #opera #operasinger #glamour #vintagephotography #theparfumapothecary #oldglamour #classic #femininity #girlpower #dramaqueen #fiery #sass #blackandwhitephotography #photography #greece #greekwomen #greek #poodle #hotblooded (at Skorpios)

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I got another surprise package today though this wasn't a birthday one, but an "I thought of you one!" My friends are wonderful. Thank you @260daysnorepeats for the wonderful treat! #greekwomen #resist #resistance #strength #wonderwoman #fight #gift #surprise #surprises #book #books #diner #articles #carepackage #friends #friend #nyc #newyork #newyorkcity #city #queens #woodside (at Woodside, New York)

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~Hypatia~ (born c. 350–370; died 415 AD) was a Hellenistic Neoplatonist philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician, who lived in Alexandria, Egypt, then part of the Eastern Roman Empire. She was a prominent thinker of the Neoplatonic school in Alexandria, where she taught philosophy and astronomy. She is the first female mathematician whose life is reasonably well recorded. Hypatia was renowned in her own lifetime as a great teacher and a wise counselor. Although no writings directly written by her have survived, it is thought that she may have edited the surviving text of Ptolemy's Almagest and possibly co-written some of the commentaries attributed to her father, Theon of Alexandria.She also wrote a commentary on Diophantus's thirteen-volume Arithmetica, which may survive in part, having been interpolated into Diophantus's original text, and another commentary on Apollonius of Perga's treatise on conic sections, which has not survived. Hypatia is known to have constructed astrolabes and hydrometers, but did not invent either of these, which were both in use long before she was born. Although she herself was a pagan, she was tolerant towards Christians and taught many Christian students, including Synesius, the future bishop of Ptolemais. Towards the end of her life, Hypatia advised Orestes, the Roman prefect of Alexandria, who was in the midst of a feud with Cyril, the bishop of Alexandria. Rumors spread accusing her of preventing Orestes from reconciling with Cyril and, in March 415 AD, she was murdered by a mob of Christian monks known as the parabalani under the leadership of a lector named Peter. Hypatia's death shocked the empire and transformed her into a "martyr for philosophy.” In the twentieth century, Hypatia became seen as an icon for women's rights and a precursor to the feminist movement. #womenartist #womanwriter #neverthelessshepersisted #girlsruntheworld #girlscandoanything #womenempowerment #femaleempowerment #womenartistsinhistory #womenauthorsinhistory #women #womenwriters #womenwritersofinstagram #womenshistory #history #philosophy #science #womenscientists #greekwriters #astronomy #alexandria #greekwomen #antiquity https://www.instagram.com/p/Boc2YGegZQZ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1butc7wnh7db9

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Justine Frangouli-Argyris / The LGWM and the Fabulous Seven for the Dovee Project!

In support of the “Dovee Project” for the early diagnosis of ovarian and endometrial cancers, a glamorous fashion show featuring designers from Greece was held in Montreal by the Lyceum of GreekWomen of Montreal (LGWM).

  The main speaker of the event was Dr LucyGilbert, who, with her research team at McGill’s Glen University Hospital (MUHC), is attempting to develop a smear test to diagnose…