, 1879-07-05
The Position and Influence Of
Women In Ancient
Athens
Divided into Two Glasses the Citizen
Women, and the Stranger.
The Former Kept Under Rigid Domestic
Restriotions-The Latter Allowed
Great Social Lihertles.
Nhnt Sappho md Aspasia Taught-Thelr
Efforts TO Arouse Their Sex
10 Higher Mentality.


James nendid.on IN Contemporary B,rt,w,
After the Ypattsn women, wa sbnu,1 nnt,r,1.
,v i,i,cus, thc nost,n, o,,J I,,n,ou,o ~, Is.s.
~ "tseu.s 'uo posi''"" ",,a ~ .'''ut"e VI women
among the Atnehsane' but singular phenom-
cnon chrono'oRically anterior arrests our at
nearly IN the same condition from ,leSlnth Cent.
,,rr q, ~. ro"~,h ~. ,,,nr,osra ~ 49, ,.t-
u.y " .as uul W. oul n"o"'sost .. '.e ',te
OF the Athentah women fclasce 1aa'nty 10 thF:
Fiftl' and Inter Centuries. In tue Seventh md
Sixth occurrctl the movement among women to
1vf,ich I n,,udc tyntortu,,,tc1v many fn,tu,..
",." y. ".1uus' ~, 1uua, Aaa' lI"'a'ea
u u ato ooscurc' lAe anecn'e n'' not 'ee.
nuca lntefcst III H. and TIC records ~ Which
Its history WAS cnntntned havc nearly all per-
!st,ed. Tic centre OF ttie movement wa8 the
roETEss sArrmo.
she Of herself would ,leserve rnss{nr nottco In
anv nrrount NJ ancient woman. for shc at,atnctl
@n' ~ Hut's "oso' ~ ~" a..~,u
position n aose,er a uoans, o. shs wa, the only
,,tr.+.,f cc,.ort ,,aco,i m +he .,na ,rrot ~
,,s ..ao.,.. - 49,. ~ ~. o,,,os s.x aa,n, Nv
hnsrin ~" nr ~ .,ms ens, -, ~
liz sn,er vau ~ " taxi ~, !, ~ & ~.
'v nv ,hni ~ uishe't ~ ~ % ~ a.suss
l!.s .e, .nan ne "'saEu W .eaan ~ haas nesou
o.us' :IaLo. AE!h1ok,s, tcleT ~ "ea ~ tuFrn n ~
Wu.o. "ti strah, xoo'no "a aya,"". ~" ,ni,,t",,
-, ,. a.u ~. s sss.an ~ is s s "p" ...
th, mnSn ~ sats ~ ana. hne ~ m.o o1
tus a"'ss g.. ~ .., aa5 ~ 49,. not VIVA,
,s~s 49,, .ens.s ~ ~, .n"snn,n ~ .ini
,. 20 t;', w i' t,,ai sI ~ xn,, {, sitrtt -,
,H"n T. .s.-ss. ~ un,trr 'e' -
Ti1.s - wnn,an tlc.p1mnej 10 tlo ,,cr utmost to
aat "vsuu *, w IT,. @ ~ ~ ns ntv. ,,1. ~
a a.e net sea' ~. ~ vns . ,e.noM @ " T.n,',
ups" , ~ p Mpne a. 'n,,' Ii nau mns i'osts t a.o
tn,,Iv ~ ~ trained hcr n,n,is tn hr
r,,a;. an1 @ sns,.o int var.s ~ ~ ,.hip.. ,nov.
s .h ~ w aa .nc utGps t. I,r'. ~
tue Iealt, 191ig reop'e Win HeHlt.enuo"e4
,nr.,a ,mus nGg.ea d ~ nea fo a. qoa''c'" """
!rts. N..' ~. =. "s''a ~ 11t to..Se' ,,,,,n
tneIe ea1 os ~ uount luat iatse 3uuuG
Sonfn WeIe snanpeI!sa 10 aeeK TX thc sos.e.y " u
sappho from als.ust "'th e!1s 70" oioueesT a niM
.niuhotuu9aa ,'utHe " Mnen Munltns ltee
were sacT1Hecas aha 1hes "esc nn3'ous 10 Hse 10
We learn ihs from Sappho herself. 1t is thus
that she addresses at, l,tedurated woman;
Dylnc thou shalt ltc In t,e tomb, and there a,,a,l
be no remembrance OF the aftcfwaEd, for thou
tnaulshcd shsit thon walk IN thu halls Of ltnlcs,
nuttcFins about With lilo p'tl'iss. dead.
And Que VI Acr most distinguished puplls,
Ersua, "t!o died q tue early age III l|' sang II,
aGt noen, nc nssam IT, Sn.1o"s E' ~ ~. ~.
mMu .'. ~ H., i.t.y ,,hisn ~. n1.of ,en@oJ ~ ~ ~
au9. a, i,e rass rs.t m'tt " IT, ag 'o"eco u
I,s ~ @ ..s,., ~, ~ ,,;i, III
~ s'ii atsetno WY o.es a1'GsSvn vhn " r.
eaIu TO tle pos,llg, u "on!snt nas usu tae
snnn H., .nr w.. t,., .h' ,,axI ~
."i"s ~ H., vs ~ s, u ~ tni 1i. T.. nv n
auest'Ias PIE ti'at W. snoau ta1u "ish "c eouIu an
s"er' put ns,o5 Ica'Is @ st,tni H,tu W. ean ons
lasta eon!eglules tub .huiale4 !aGts INV sta.e
a1s"ts. a nea s'Ia,i,,' LII, ,p,,
~. ~ .s'st -" ,.., 3.ms . ~
uI assog'o. "''t v1a,ea -, ee."gSh soG'ases .es
a,a suusE ~ u ,1. aa ~ W. ..,,, H., ,.ns.. .as
sts'a III M np.su G ..t .nm H., sy ~. ss.s
e,uie ,, au eT.'u, ~. s ~ a, tn, a4 .t ee "a IT,.
s, to.s -. III .nen - ., ~. ~
Sn,r, ,c ,n"n d,ne aInn,. tcr ~ere ~
.,',,hs .nti.r n " =, ~ ,.ar., to .,.,,ctr.e
~. MI ~, un ',n W.. ~. ;st.
& a. us III ,na md Wy o, MAN
sa.,,.,s -. i,",,a. ~ 49,, ~ ~ ,,th r. III
.ant tMtt6 6,I ~ .sn',,nI. nrnr's.s H.. .a,,,n
an.s a.n a,,I +rotactt,,,, II. III ~ frnud n ~ tx
. ~ ~, M a ,tn,,,n,., ~ ,ti,e IT,
~. 1,oa ", 40 - I-,.than os,d ftnv;.t sr.nas;,
H.. hs iovs If T. wnu,"ns it. H. tny ;st sannh6
ul not see wT Il 1mes" @ ,I., a1,xa,,ago. 'thxi a Ss
- t1,n =" .unI. md sh s,,,e ~ NJ
s.n' H. t. ~ nv T"i,s .hn,mt snn atrnrns ~ @
s11ti .,.,n, 1n."r cn,nar,;nms sN.,rh sronr
ti.s ~ iovo
n,7vrrv vrurpus ~ ,rn o,yv srx
a. ,r,rl,1 ur,ta ,t,cr,, foreycr In d,m fr,cnn.ht,.
ano, the,n n H.. t,nc ~ s"rrnw anI m,.,,c
W. ho,,-s ~ 1fe ,'a.a invfnIlr ,u Ind hrr
. .s ,ro. ~ -. a., 49, rooy.,sn:rs .tron,'h mi
,Sas,rt ~ stT"c,' m ist ~. sorraca a1mn..
spnons a. - ~. sir,,t ~ ~. rxn,,;ai,c heontv nf
a 1,, .,". ~ ~ "r i,ro at,. ~
~. IA ,u.,r"s ~ III H." hsnutfcs ri Eotn+s intn
a." 1aA o1nrc"sjn' snr nf III" dsnth # hnr rmnttnn
xh' S.,n,.,s o., t,rn had r.rriv n,a"a, inro NJ
Sn9 ,nsn 1I,, ~ h.Ic!,s " am ~, ,nt,n, AMI +Sa
IL, ,n,,si. ~ III. III H.. co"l ,r.r A H.,
ehads n,,,ra nu Mns,cr.s a thc rtc.s,,uia;.
sHaI} h a3rn III ~ ~ her ,rtnI.trrs nT ;v,,Nn
t,u e. i,.,. r. inyn Ia br ,oi"I r.n,;s ~ m
!.,, ~ o.rs sbs ,xt"Id nj t"E - ,.hno
y" " Ia Isut 3hnHut, Via nssn't,tnr nav
~, ,,r"a, o,,cr Il .n,,,,nt h ot3tn'
nnss oce oto 49,. III ~ .n. ~ H. inxo
~ u%. smo '"h.,,n;. for - ~. inva ~ ,nc
r. moe ~ ~ ,irIs un,,cst ;tnnl,iv .ne,ried "nI
Si so.,I " sa ,sa t14i;t hsvsna1, n"n"s Si
oap4 ~. s'ir f,,trs - - ..es .sH ss,,,
rit to ,hn,n tr,,,,o,nT, tcir a
.i.'.. 'c., -. .ha ,.r"va viii ~. a." i,nnr,
N.Y.. ts .',., y" ~ ~, ,t,o. OH, hnr. to,t H.
"en fy WY i.s ~ aa tc ~, nv, W. ss '' IN c"h tnc
.snss.3 'e ~ 'sn1, ~ .haHo,vr auI ,,itr.s n,ist.
en.Ia''ee ~ eo''' ~ al" p'''"'S' o~'"'-
cnGs1 ,.,h,. .,,, a.. ,,,, b,vo. r.,t,,roa NJ,
u passloie tlai sne HAY naYe , sen.ussH W u.
new o'ont ~ ~ ~ ~ ,n., w.. III. g.. "iw ,a,
W. cou.e 80 saeas " ~ ~ nv ,vn.lJ
Inc tests'sto"' w ~ '''' "heou' "o'''4
were o1 t'e ........ ...-
sTERNEsT AND MOST NARROW CHARACTER.
Her Lesbsan count rYwo,ncn enjoyed considerable
tbcrty, una lI:raclitte4 Eoat1euh sAya that theY
4h+ vi II