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The Slavery of Women and the Greek Myths of Religion
The passage discusses the constrained role of women in ancient Greece, the hetairai, and Aspasia’s influence on Pericles. It traces Greek religion from early animism to Aphrodite and Ishtar, the Dionysian rites, phallic worship, and the emergence of drama. The piece ends noting the sun, moon, stars, and law as divinities in later Stoic thought.
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Xanthippe
Helen
Piraeus
Athens
Corinth
Aphrodite
Sophocles
Demosthenes
Pericles
Aspasia
Socrates
Anaxagoras
Protagoras
Aristotle
Danae
Zeus
Hades
Persephone
Demeter
Ceres
Ishtar
James Frazer
Eros
Euripides
Hippolytus
Adonis
Babylon
Tammuz
Adon
Dionysus
Greece
Aeschylus
Euria
Phoebus
Apollo
Selene
Endymion
Chrysippus