#2025 #Hellenic #Attic #Calendars are live! Presented by the #TempleofDionysus and #NaósofDionysusEleuthereus!
We have four editions:
The #Athenian - Traditional Hellenic Attic Calendar!
The #Dionysus - Dionysian festivals both old and new!
The #Hecate - Dionysian version that includes the #Wiccan Sabbats!
The #Hermes - Minimalist PDF version you can take on the go!
https://templeofdionysus.org/calendars
We also have a free #google calendar found here:
www.templeofdionysus.org/google-calendar
Kaunos King Rock Tombs.
Kaunos Koenigliche Felsengraeber.nice to see,
media dominance doesn't always win elections
good to see votes showing their disapproval in election
#democracy is the only reasonable form of government - such as dear #socrates described
might to time to adopt #Greek tax system too
did you know money had no value in #Athens among #Athenian , look what they achieved
So, I had to talk about #Sparta! A warrior society focused on war, women had more rights than their #Athenian counterparts -- and were encouraged to be physically fit and prepared to fight to defend their homeland.
Sparta
Unlike their Greek counterparts, the women of Sparta had a lot more freedom and status. They were educated, since they would be in charge of keeping the homeland running smoothly while the men were at war – but they were also strong and able to defend themselves and their homeland.
Spartan men and women lived in separate quarters – even while married. Married couples would leave their respective quarters to procreate, and Spartan wives were required to have short hair and sometimes wore men’s clothing.
Amongst married couples, the Spartans were relatively #polyamorous, and women were not punished for infidelity.
Women's rights in Greece and Rome were more of my specialty -- especially ancient Greece. And yes, all this was how it was -- women had few rights under #Athenian #patriarchy.
#LegalStatus of Women in #Ancient Greece
Women were dependent on fathers, husbands, or #kyroi (appointed guardians). They could not own property, and were considered wards of their fathers or kyroi.
In #500BCE, fathers could sell their unmarried daughters “who had lost their #virginity” (Blundell, 69) into slavery.
“#Inheritance was #patrilineal” (Blundell, 66) – even if a daughter was the only child, she could not inherit her father’s property – it would be passed down to “her sons” (Blundell, 66), or “more distant [male] relatives” (Blundell, 66).
So, no surprise that under #Athenian #patriarchy, #colonialism, and #xenophobia, #WomensRights took a step backward. But even under these extreme conditions, women still had access to #BirthControl and #Contraception...
I love the story of #Lysistrata, an #Athenian woman who was determined to end the #PeloponnesianWar. She did so by recruiting the #women of both #Sparta and #Athens, the main rivals in the #war, to her cause. They came up with a clever way to get the men to stop fighting—there would be no #sex until there was #peace.
