The Dance of Zalongo is considered to be a monumental act of bravery and defiance against the Ottoman rulers by the women of ...

The Venus de Milo, a celebrated ancient statue found on the Greek island of Milos and displayed at the Louvre since 1821, is one of the most famous artworks in the world. Yet relatively little is ...

Could Greek women leave the house? Could they drink wine? Did they fight in wars? Join Historian Honor Cargill-Martin as she reveals the truth about what life was like for women in Ancient Greece.

Biotechnology entrepreneur Dr Marianna Prokopi-Demetriades has been honoured with the 2025 Greek International Women Award (GIWA) for Excellence in Business & Entrepreneurship. The award recognises ...

ATHENS (Reuters) - About a dozen Greek women violated a 1,000-year ban on the male-only monastic community of Mount Athos on Tuesday during a protest over disputed land, one of the demonstrators said ...

New research is uncovering a richer, more complex picture of women's roles as wives, priestesses, and scholars in ancient Greece. A woman places her robe in a chest in a fifth century B.C. Greek ...

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Before the workshop, the 35 Syrian refugee women who decided to join the theatre training in Beirut had never heard of Antigone. Three months later, when they took the stage to perform the classic ...

Most young Greek women would be married at about the age of fourteen to a man roughly twice their age. Prior to the marriage ceremony the couple would probably have met only a few times, and while the ...