Did Ancient Greek Women Have Parties?

Hello my curious archaeogastronomers!

New episode is out!

Did women in the ancient Greek world had parties? Dinner gatherings? Symposia? Alone or with their men? And what did they do on their own? Especially in those famous festivals?

So many questions to answer! Enjoy!

Links for this episode:

https://www.hellenic.org.au/post/the-thesmophoria-women-s-ritual-in-the-ancient-world

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ares_Gynaecothoenas

Hipparchia of Maroneia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hipparchia_of_Maroneia

https://thestoicmom.substack.com/p/a-role-model-for-saying-no-and-doing

https://www.worldhistory.org/Hipparchia_of_Maroneia/

Seclusion, Separation, and the Status of Women in Classical Athens

David Cohen https://www.jstor.org/stable/643180

This episode was also heavily influenced and drew info from these two papers:

WOMEN'S COMMENSALITY IN THE ANCIENT GREEK WORLD By JOAN BURTON 1998

DINING LIKE DIVINITIES: EVIDENCE FOR RITUAL AND MARITAL DINING BY WOMEN IN ANCIENT GREECE Laurie Ann Kilker 2008

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Gareth Eoin Storey's substack:

https://garethstorey.substack.com/p/we-work-in-marketing

How apple detectives solved the mystery of an ancient tree—and rewrote the history of fruit

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-apple-detectives-solved-the-mystery-of-an-ancient-tree-and-rewrote-the-history-of-fruit/

UN report: Global hunger levels ease for third consecutive year as regional disparities persist

https://www.who.int/news/item/21-07-2026-un-report--global-hunger-levels-ease-for-third-consecutive-year-as-regional-disparities-persist

Darren Turpin from orchard notes, has links library, to highlight the work of fellow fruit-focused writers, organisations, food and drink producers, and anything else of interest he might find out there on t’Internet. Anyway go here:

https://orchardnotes.com/about-notes-from-the-orchard/

Love and lentil soup

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