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Hypatia of Alexandria
The last great Alexandrian mathematician and philosopher.

Another Joseph and Mary
Mary Magdalen and Joseph of Arimathea accompanied the Holy Grail.

Aspasia of Miletus
The original liberated woman, a fifth century Athenian metic.

Boudicca: A Mother's Revenge
Not a Celtic queen to trifle with, although in the end the Romans got the best of her.

The Last Pharaoh
Cleopatra, larger than life, as befits a human god, won the hearts of the leading men.

Women in Archaic Greece
Introduction to the roles of women in pre-Classical Greece.

A Yokepair of Opposities
Lyric poets and contemporaries from Lesbos, Alcaeus and Sappho.

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