[The role of women as mothers as shown by the Arkteia-rites in Brauron and the gynaecological texts of the Corpus Hippocraticum].
This paper deals with the gender role of women in classical Greece: motherhood. On their way to motherhood, women were dependent on the assistance of the goddess Artemis. The focus of interest in the present paper is the Arkteia rites in the sanctuary of Artemis in Brauron. Hereby it will be shown how, during the rites, young girls on the threshold of their adulthood were urged to take up their specific gender tasks. Additionally, relevant arguments on the topic will be cited from the gynaecological texts of the Corpus Hippocraticum. Consequently, it will become evident that the socially determined gender role of women was enforced both by religion and medicine.
Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Institut für Altertumswissenschaften, Lehrstuhl für Klassische Archäologie, Würzburg. maria.gennimata@gmx.de
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D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D000076145:Greece, Ancient; D006176:Gynecology / Q000266:history*; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D008374:Manuscripts, Medical as Topic / Q000266:history*; D009035:Mothers / Q000266:history*; D009229:Mythology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011606:Psychosexual Development; D012068:Religion and Medicine; D014930:Women / Q000266:history*; D055815:Young Adult