![]() ![]() Even the names of Spartan queens are rarely mentioned. Since Greeks had only one legitimate wife, there was no need for such clarification when it came to prominent Greek citizens. Herodotus and other ancient Greek historians are far more likely to mention Persian queens than the wives of Greeks – not because Persian women were more powerful than their Greek counterparts, but because Persians had several wives, and so it was sometimes useful to record by which of them a certain Persian figure had been born. Schrader writes: The most remarkable thing about Gorgo, wife of King of Sparta, is that we know anything about her at all. ![]() ![]() Both her father and her husband listened to her counsel, and she is one of the few women mentioned by Herodotus in his Histories. ![]() She is a figure of note for her wisdom, cleverness, and the apparent authority she assumed in the lives of those around her. She was most likely still alive during the reign of her son Pleistarchus, but for how long and what role she played at his court are not known. Her birth and death dates are unknown but it is generally believed, based on inferences from, that she was born in either 518 or 508 BCE, was already married to King Leonidas by 490 BCE, and survived his death at in 480 BCE. Gorgo was the queen of the of, daughter of the king Cleomenes (reigned 520-490 BCE), wife of King (reigned 490-480 BCE), and mother of King Pleistarchus (reigned 480-458 BCE). 2006] Temple/Sacred Prostitution in Ancient Mesopotamia Revisited 633 and reproduction: “Generally, there is no reason to believe that the ancient inha. Possible 1962 book information, but still no actual book: Ancient Greek Gods and Lore Revisited / Fredrico Ionnides Ionnides, Fredrico, 1911-1988. Born the 12 who would become the Olympian Gods, the great Greek. The Achaeans spoke a dialect of ancient Greek and used. ![]()
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