Hello my curious archaeogastronomers!
New episode is out!
Did women in the ancient Greek world had parties? Dinner gatherings? Symposia? Alone or with their men? And what did they do on their own? Especially in those famous festivals?
So many questions to answer! Enjoy!
Links for this episode:
https://www.hellenic.org.au/post/the-thesmophoria-women-s-ritual-in-the-ancient-world
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ares_Gynaecothoenas
Hipparchia of Maroneia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hipparchia_of_Maroneia
https://thestoicmom.substack.com/p/a-role-model-for-saying-no-and-doing
https://www.worldhistory.org/Hipparchia_of_Maroneia/
Seclusion, Separation, and the Status of Women in Classical Athens
David Cohen https://www.jstor.org/stable/643180
This episode was also heavily influenced and drew info from these two papers:
WOMEN'S COMMENSALITY IN THE ANCIENT GREEK WORLD By JOAN BURTON 1998
DINING LIKE DIVINITIES: EVIDENCE FOR RITUAL AND MARITAL DINING BY WOMEN IN ANCIENT GREECE Laurie Ann Kilker 2008
Recommendations for the week:
Gareth Eoin Storey's substack:
https://garethstorey.substack.com/p/we-work-in-marketing
How apple detectives solved the mystery of an ancient tree—and rewrote the history of fruit
UN report: Global hunger levels ease for third consecutive year as regional disparities persist
Darren Turpin from orchard notes, has links library, to highlight the work of fellow fruit-focused writers, organisations, food and drink producers, and anything else of interest he might find out there on t’Internet. Anyway go here:
https://orchardnotes.com/about-notes-from-the-orchard/
Love and lentil soup
Thom & The Delicious Legacy
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