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Fulfilling One's Purpose Fulfilling one ’s purpose Reproduction and female agency in classical Attica Iris van Nederpelt 4159640 2 In fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts RMA ANCIENT STUDIES thesis under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Josine H. Blok Utrecht University 2019 3 4 Fulfilling one’s purpose Reproduction and female agency in classical Attica Iris van Nederpelt Utrecht 2019 5 Abbreviations AIO Attic Inscriptions Online (https://www.atticinscriptions.com) AM Acropolis Museum BE Archaeological Museum of Brauron BÉ Bulletin épigraphique, pub. in Revue des études grecques Britannica https://www.britannica.com CID Corpus des inscriptions de Delphes DK H. Diels and W. Kranz (1952) Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, ed. 6, Berlin: Weidmann. DOL Dodona Online: https://dodonaonline.com/ DVC Dakaris S., I. Vokotopoulou, A.F. Christidis, Τὰ χρηστήρια ἐλάσματα τῆς Δωδώνης τῶν ἀνασκαφών Δ. Ευαγγελίδη (Athens 2013). 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Temkin ed. and trans., Soranus’ Gynecology (Baltimore 1991). The Greek Anthology, Volume I: Book 6: The Dedicatory Epigrams, W. R. Paton trans., Loeb Classical Library 67 (Cambridge 1916). The Greek Anthology, Volume II: Book 7, W.R. Paton trans., Loeb Classical Library 68 (Cambridge 1917). Theocritus, Idyll, N. Hopkinson trans. and ed., Loeb Classical Library 28 (Cambridge 2015). Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War, Volume I: Books 1-2. C.F. Smith trans., Loeb Classical Library 108 (Cambridge 1919). Xenophon, Memorabilia, E.C. Marchant and O. J. Todd trans., revised by J. Henderson, Loeb Classical Library 168 (Cambridge 2013). 8 Table of Contents Abbreviations 06 Translations used 07 Introduction 11 Chapter I | Context 15 The debate 15 Ancient Greek religion 16 A place for women 18 Religion and medicine 18 Religion and magic 19 Chapter II | Medical help 23 The female body 23 Iatroi 26 Midwives 29 Remedies 33 Chapter III | Ritual practice and magical techniques 37 Fertility rituals 38 Pregnancy and childbirth rituals 43 Rituals after childbirth 46 Rituals after death 51 Chapter IV | The deities, their dedications, and their sanctuaries 54 The sanctuaries and shrines of the fertility and childbirth deities: 56 Fertility and childbirth deities 56 Possible fertility and childbirth deities 71 Chapter V | Sacred travel 74 The logistics of and reason for female travel 74 Epidaurus 75 Oracular sanctuaries 77 Conclusions 80 9 Bibliography 83 List of figures 92 Figures 94 Appendices 105 Appendix I 106 Appendix II 114 10 Introduction ‘And in women again, owing to the same causes, whenever the matrix or womb, as it is called,—which is an indwelling creature desirous of child-bearing,—remains without fruit long beyond the due season, it is vexed and takes it ill; and by straying all ways through the body and blocking up the passages of the breath and preventing respiration it casts the body into the uttermost distress, and causes, moreover, all kinds of maladies; until the de- sire and love of the two sexes unite them.’1 This ancient Greek notion of a ‘wandering womb’ was one of the reasons it was so important for ancient Greek women to become pregnant. Besides Plato, the Hippocratic doctors also saw the womb as a rebellious organ that would – when the absence of intercourse and pregnancy caused lack of moisture and fullness - wander around the body and cause illness and disease.2 This however, was obviously not the only reason for ancient Greek women to conceive. Provid- ing their families with children and - more importantly - legitimate heirs was an ancient Greek woman’s most important task in life. Especially since only legitimate children (a child whose parents were both Athenian citizens) could receive an inheritance and keep up the family’s name.3 It was of vital importance for both the oikos - the family on the level of the household - and the polis that the paternal family lines would be continued and that the ancestral heritage would not be lost. In addition, citizens and non-citizens alike - though the latter lacked ancestral heritage that was linked to the polis - needed (legitimate) children since they were an asset for the future; they could take care of their parents when these were older and arrange a proper burial when the parents died.4 As Nancy Demand aptly pointed out, a woman’s role and status were determined through her membership of an oikos or the lack thereof. Her ability to bring children into her husband’s oikos was critical, for only when she gave birth to a healthy child she would receive the full status of gyne (women-wife).5 Pregnancy and childbirth involved however, great risks for both mother and child. Figures are not readily available, but through comparison with much later non-industrialised societies (eighteenth-century rural England
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