Brief History of the Condition of Women: In Various Ages and Nations, Volume 2C. S. Francis, 1845 - 298 pages |
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... Women should keep within doors , and there talk . " Thucydides declared that " she was the best woman of whom the least was said , either of good or harm ; " according to the Greek proverb it was considered extremely disho- norable to ...
... Women should keep within doors , and there talk . " Thucydides declared that " she was the best woman of whom the least was said , either of good or harm ; " according to the Greek proverb it was considered extremely disho- norable to ...
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... Women were not allowed to attend the Olympic games ; but this prohibition could not have existed at all periods ; for we are told that Cynisca , daugh- ter of Archidamus , king of Sparta , was the first wo- man who won the prize in the ...
... Women were not allowed to attend the Olympic games ; but this prohibition could not have existed at all periods ; for we are told that Cynisca , daugh- ter of Archidamus , king of Sparta , was the first wo- man who won the prize in the ...
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... woman who appeared in public without cloth- ing ; and the necessity of making such a law does not speak well for purity of manners . That women were not always entirely passive and subservient , appears by the example of Xantippe , so ...
... woman who appeared in public without cloth- ing ; and the necessity of making such a law does not speak well for purity of manners . That women were not always entirely passive and subservient , appears by the example of Xantippe , so ...
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... Women , in later times , certainly joined the men in entertain- ments at Aspasia's house , and the remains of an ancient picture leads to the conjecture that at some period they attended the theatres . It is recorded that certain women ...
... Women , in later times , certainly joined the men in entertain- ments at Aspasia's house , and the remains of an ancient picture leads to the conjecture that at some period they attended the theatres . It is recorded that certain women ...
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... women , though all the pines in mount Ida were filled with their names . When a person's garland was untied , it was taken as a sign of his being in love ; and when women were seen weaving wreaths , they were accused of being love ...
... women , though all the pines in mount Ida were filled with their names . When a person's garland was untied , it was taken as a sign of his being in love ; and when women were seen weaving wreaths , they were accused of being love ...
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