Dear Classical Wisdom Member,
Should Fulvia be a household name like Cleopatra? What about the Sumerian poetess... the very first known writer? Or the wealthy Spartan princess who was the first woman to win at the Olympic Games?
Today’s Podcast with Professors is with Dr Daisy Dunn, an award-winning classicist and author of seven books. She is Editor of ARGO: A Hellenic Review, an international journal of Greek culture published by the Hellenic Society, and has written for several publications, including The Sunday Times, Daily Telegraph, Literary Review, New Statesman, Newsweek, among others.
Today we talk about her latest book, The Missing Thread: A New History of the Ancient World through the Women Who Shaped It.
We discuss the historicity of myths, the matrilineal aspects of the ancient Minoans, the lesser known protests by women during and after the Punic Wars, the critical role of Fulvia as well as many other important ancient women such as Artemisia or Cynisca.
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