Women in Greek Religion

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  • Women in Greek Religion
    • Public
      • Priestesses
        • Kylix consultation with the Pythia
          • political importance
            • open to bribery eg Spartans
        • Panathenaic priestesses
          • Ergastinai - actual weavers
          • Arrephoroi - young noble girls who set up the sacred loom
          • priestess of Athene Polias - was an inherited role by a single family Eteoboutadae
            • high profile
        • Deme level
          • Erchia sacrificial calendar
            • priestesses also received perks like normal priests
      • Sacrifices
        • Decorating victims
        • basket carriers
        • Water carriers
      • Festivals
        • women-only festivals
          • Thesmophoria
          • Brauronia
        • took part in polis processions
          • Panathenaic Procession
            • On Parthenon Frieze
    • Private (Household)
      • caring for the dead
        • funeral preparations
      • Libations
        • when male family members went to war
    • Private (Personal)
      • Eleusinian Mysteries
        • Ninnion tablet
          • evidence for women participating
          • Ninnion (woman) has paid for and dedicated that votive
        • Eleusinian Festival
      • Healing Cults
        • Tyche's anatomical votive
          • votive
          • evidence of choice and access to the healing cults
    • Excluded from:
      • Olympics (except the priestess of Demeter)
        • but: Heraia - female games at Olympia
      • Panathenaic Games

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