The Amazons (in Greek, Ἀμαζόνες) were a mythical and ancient nation of female warriors. Herodotus placed them in a region bordering Scythia in Sarmatia.
Ancient Greece and Rome were no different. Women could, and did, participate in battle, but often they are left to pick up the pieces during and after war, sometimes literally.
Atalanta. Considered one of the most famous heroines of Greek mythology, Atalanta was a renowned and swift-footed huntress. When she was born, she was left on a mountaintop to die, but a she-bear suckled and cared for her until hunters found and raised her.
All in all, Atalanta is regarded as one of the fiercest and most powerful mortal women in ancient Greece.
Achilles and Penthesilea - Penthesilea was the greatest warrior woman amongst the Amazons. An extremely skilled warrior, she was also renowned for her wisdom. One day, while she was hunting, she accidentally killed her sister, Hippolyta II.
Aspasia was one of the most powerful women to have lived in 5th-century ancient Greece. Born in Miletus, an ancient Greek city on the western coast of Asia Minor, she came to Athens at a young age.
Athena has to be one of the most badass goddesses of Greek mythology. Not only is she a war goddess, she is also the goddess of wisdom, and handcrafts.
The female Spartan was honored as the equal of the male in her own sphere of power and authority and, even in the accounts of detractors, performed admirably. It could be argued, in fact, that the strength of the Spartan women allowed for the formidable reputation of the same in the Spartan men.
Medea, the most notorious femme fatale of all Greek mythology.
Helen of Troy, Helen, Helena, (Ancient Greek: Ἑλένη, romanized: Helénē, pronounced [helénɛː]) also known as beautiful Helen, Helen of Argos, or Helen of Sparta, was a figure in Greek mythology said to have been the most beautiful woman in the world.
The goddess of sex, love, and passion is Aphrodite, and she is considered the most beautiful Greek goddess in Mythology.
The Greek God Hades often gets an undeserved bad reputation. Here's why he shouldn't. Hades is possibly the most misjudged and misinterpreted Greek god.
Ancient Greek females also had body ideals to follow, softly shapen with rounded buttocks, long, wavy hair and a gentle face. In a time where many lived in poverty, to be larger and to carry extra fat on your body showed that you had wealth and could afford to eat to your satisfaction.
APOLLINA: feminine form of Greek Apollo, the god of the sun. Variants include Abbelina, Abbeline, Abellona (Dan.), Apollinaris (Lat.), Apolline (Fr.), Apollinia, Apollonia, Apollyne, Appoline, Appolinia, and Appolonia.
13th century BCE
Epipole of Carystus is one of the first women who are reported to have fought in a war. 13th century BCE – Lady Fu Hao, consort of the Chinese emperor Wu Ding, led 3,000 troops into battle during the Shang dynasty.
While Athenian women might have expected to marry for the first time around the age of fourteen to men much older than them, Spartan women normally married between the ages of eighteen and twenty to men close to them in age.
Girls in Sparta were raised to be strong and healthy, just like the boys. They received an education in physical fitness, athletics, and combat skills, which included activities such as running, wrestling, and throwing the javelin.
Spartan men were not allowed to live with their wives until age 30. Spartan society didn't discourage romantic love, but marriage and childrearing were both subject to some peculiar cultural and governmental constraints. The state counseled that men should marry at age 30 and women at 20.
Psyche was the youngest of three daughters to an unnamed king and queen. Her beauty was so extraordinary, it almost outshone that of Aphrodite, the goddess of love.
She is a young noblewoman of Denmark, the daughter of Polonius, sister of Laertes and potential wife of Prince Hamlet, who, due to Hamlet's actions, ends up in a state of madness that ultimately leads to her drowning.
PEITHO was the goddess or personified spirit (daimona) of persuasion, seduction and charming speech.
Women such as Queen Gorgo of Sparta (l. c. 490 BCE) and Aspasia of Miletus (l. 470-410/400 BCE) have always been well known for their own achievements and for their association with famous men like the Spartan king Leonidas (r.
Pandora, (Greek: “All-Gifts”) in Greek mythology, the first woman.
In Greek mythology, Pandora (Greek: Πανδώρα, derived from πᾶν, pān, i.e. "all" and δῶρον, dōron, i.e. "gift", thus "the all-endowed", "all-gifted" or "all-giving") was the first human woman created by Hephaestus on the instructions of Zeus. As Hesiod related it, each god cooperated by giving her unique gifts.