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Admetus
(Alcestis- Euripides) Apollo was sentenced to a year of servitude to a mortal and chose to stay with Admetus, won the hand of the princess Alcestis, Alcestis died in his place, Heracles rescued her from the underworld to repay Admetus
Alcestis
(Euripides) wife of Admetus, died in the place of her husband because his parents wouldn’t, Heracles rescued her from the underworld
Aeschylus
525BCE, playwright, father of tragedy, wrote Prometheus Bound about the Mysteries-a cult to Demeter, also wrote the Orestia
Eleusis
place of Mysteries, an initiation ceremony to the cult of Demeter and Persephone, rituals were extremely secret, promised better afterlife
Demeter
goddess of agriculture and fertility, her daughter Persephone was taken by Hades, grief so strong she caused a drought, Zeus allowed her to have Persephone back to get worship and sacrifices, initiation to cult of Demeter was Mysteries
Persephone
daughter of Demeter, take by Hades to underworld, caused her mother to cause drought, was reunited with mother because of Zeus, Mysteries based on story of Demeter and Persephone
Hades
took Persephone from Demeter
Agamemnon
(The Oresteia, Aeschylus) slain an animal that was sacred to Artemis and led troops to feel her wrath, had to sacrifice his daughter, brought home Cassandra (concubine), was killed by wife Klytaimnestra
Klytaimnestra
(The Oresteia, Aeschylus) Agamemnon’s wife, took a lover while Agamemnon was at war, killed Agamemnon to avenge her daughter’s death, asked him to step on tapestry and killed him in bath
Orestes
(The Oresteia, Aeschylus) son of Agamemnon and Klytaimnestra, killed his mother to avenge his father’s death, goes mad afterwards and sees furies
Agathon
(Thesmophoriazousae, Aristophanes)- Euripides approaches Agathon and asks him to dress as a woman and infiltrate the Thesmophoria, but Agathon refuses
Euripides
(Thesmophoriazousae, Aristophanes)- portrayed women as crazy and unfaithful, women complained their husbands did not trust them after seeing his plays and held a meeting to decide his fate, once his Kinsman is found out he tries to save him and eventually promises the women he will not write badly about them and is saved
Euripides' Kinsman
(Thesmophoriazousae, Aristophanes)- agrees to take Agathon’s place and dresses as a woman to go to Thesmophoria for Euripides, says women are worse than how Euripides portrays them, has clothes removed by women to find out he is a man, is saved by Euripides in end
Athena
(The Orestia, Aeschylus) Greek god of widsom, daughter of Zeus, comes in end of play to determine if male or female relationships are better, says male relationships are more important because she only has father and no mother
Xenophon
Greek author who wrote Oikonomikos, 4th cent. BCE, the main character of the Oikonomikos was Ischomachus, the story speaks of how a household should be managed and what typed of responsibilities each party has
Isomachus' wife
- from Xenophon’s work the Oikonomikos, her husband claims she is a good wife and completes her duties, this story shows that men and women both have important but different roles
Lysistrata
(written by Aristophnes) Greek women go on sex strike in hopes of ending war, old women take over the Acropolis reversing the power, men get huge (comical) erections from not having sex, women prove that they still have power over women through sex, implied that because women governed house maybe they should govern state
Aristophanes
Greek comedian, wrote the Lysistrata and the Thesmophoriazousae, Lysistrata takes place during Peloponnesian war, women go on sex strike to end war, old women take over Acropolis
Antigone
(the Antigone) two of her brothers died in battle, only one was given proper burial, the other was dishonored, she refused to accept this punishment and asked her sister, Ismene, to help her bury him, Ismene refused but Antigone buried him anyways
Ismene
(the Antigone) sister of Antigone, her two brothers died in battle, one was dishonored and did not have proper burial, her sister Antigone asked her to help bury him but she refused, she was unable to stop Antigone from burying him though
Creon
(the Antigone) ruler of Thebes, says that Polynices will be dishonored, refuses to give him proper burial, Polynices’ sister Antigone gives him the burial she thinks he deserves against Creon’s wishes
Sparta
A Greek city state, considered the anti-Athenians, Athens and Sparta fought in Peloponnesian war, Spartan women had more rights than Athenian women, women could compete in athletics, war and honor was very important to Spartans
Gortyn
more favorable to women, heiress could sometimes pick husbands, more professional military class which meant men were gone more often, there were fines for rape
Matriarchy
society ran by women, amazon women seen as a matriarchy, fell apart in 3 steps: promiscuous sex, revolt, and men taking over
Herondas
wrote the dildo poem (3rd cent. BCE), also wrote mimes, dildo poem is two women talking about a dildo and who they got it from
Theocritus
court poet who writes pastoral poetry, wrote on smaller scale, everyday poetry, also writes “magical” texts, wrote “Pharmakeutria” in which a women makes a doll that brings her lover back
Lycurgus
law giver of Sparta, mention in Plutarch’s life of Lycurgus, it was his idea to have women exercise naked, young men watched them do this, this was supposed to motivate them to fight harder, it would also make the women of Sparta stronger
Alcman
- 7th cent. BCE, from Sparta, choral poet, wrote “Parthenion”, a chorus of young girls describe a puberty ritual through song
Gamos
marriage
oikos
house (such as Oikinonikos) discuss floorplans and family structure
curse tablets
“magic” writings, written on iron or lead and folded up, a nail was then passed through the text, placed in a graveyard or close to person trying to affect, included love spells and curses, magic was popular among men and women, often divination books were used
Aristotle
Father of science and medicine; Philosopher; he thought that the oikos(house) was the basic building block of society; men naturally rule women, children and slaves; he thought that men are naturally more rational than woman