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Especially pertinent sections in the
Overview of Archaic and Classical Greek History
by Thomas Martin, College of the Holy Cross

Early Greece and Homeric Society

• The Reconstruction of Social Hierarchy
• Agricultural Resurgence
• The Athenian Population in the Dark Age
• The Male Ethic
• A Woman's Excellence (Penelope)
• The Olympic Games of Zeus and Hera

The Archaic period

• Demographic Motives for Colonization
• The Oracle at Delphi and Colonization
• Inequality and Women in the City-state
• Women and the Household
• Women outside the Home
• Marriage and Divorce
• Paternalism and Women
• The SpartanEquals
• The SpartanCommon Messes
• Women at Sparta
• Land Ownership at Sparta
• Reproduction at Sparta
• The Obligations of Spartans
• Lyric poetry

The Classical period

• The Eleusinian Mysteries
• The Mystery of the Mysteries
• Sophocles' Antigone
• Property, Social Freedom, and Athenian Women
• Women's Responsibilities and property rights
• Inheritance and Dowry
• Heiresses
• Women's Lives at work and home
• Restrictions on the Lives of Upper-Class women
• Standards of Beauty
• Paternity and Women's Social Standing
• The Value of Sons
• Prostitutes and "Companions"
• "Companions" and Freedom of Speech with Men
• Mentorship in the Education of Males
• Homosexuality and Mentorship
• The Economic effects of war on Athenian women
• The Aftermath of the Peloponnesian War
• Economic Strains on the Family
• Aristotle on Slaves and Women

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