Cheryl Glenn, a professor at Oregon State University explains, "for the past 2500 years in Western culture, the ideal women has been disciplined by cultural codes that require a closed mouth (silence), a closed body (chastity), and an enclosed life (domestic confinement)".1 In Athenian society women could easily fit into this described mold. ... Pericles changed this law so that only the father's origins controlled citizenship.20 Aspasia became so powerful through Pericles that she was able to open a school in which she lectured on philosophy and taught debate.21 She often invi...

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Cheryl Glenn, a professor at Oregon State University explains, "for the past 2500 years in Western culture, the ideal women has been disciplined by cultural codes that require a closed mouth (silence), a closed body (chastity), and an enclosed life (domestic confinement)".1 In Athenian society women could easily fit into this described mold. ... Pericles changed this law so that only the father's origins controlled citizenship.20 Aspasia became so powerful through Pericles that she was able to open a school in which she lectured on philosophy and taught debate.21 She often inv...

• Word Count: 2630
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography

VOCABULARY Archaeology: the scientific study of ancient people and cultures principally revealed through excavation. Cromlech: a circle of megaliths. Henge: a Neolithic monument, characterized by a circular ground plan. Used for rituals and marking astronomical events. Megalith: a stone of great size used in the construction of a prehistoric structure. ...

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