Women In Religion Flashcards

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What was the role of women in funerals?

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Wash and dress the body, perform a lament, defile themselves with dirt

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What were the religious roles for young Athenian girls?

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Basket carriers in Arrēphoroi; grinder of meal for sacrificial cakes; Foundress Bear- festival of Artemis; Basket carriers in Panathenaia; loutrides- role to clean the olive wood statue of Athena in the sea

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What were the religious festivals that women could partake in in Athens?

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Thesmophoria- secret- no men permitted- subject of Aristophanes’ “Thesmophoria”- in honour of Demeter and Kore; Skira; Eleusinian Mysteries; Adonia- festival to Adonis

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