or belonging to women, feminine") or the gynaeconitis (γυναικωνῖτις, gynaikōnitis: "women's apartments in a house") was a building or the portion of a...
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into men's and women's spaces, with an area known as the gynaikon or gynaikonitis associated with women's activities such as cooking and textiles work...
32 KB (2,995 words) - 06:09, 1 September 2024
especially for upper-class women, to keep to a special women's quarters (gynaikonitis), and until the 12th century, men and women are known to have participated...
122 KB (15,979 words) - 23:32, 1 September 2024
position for a eunuch like him, as an overseer of the weaving girls of the gynaikonitis (women's quarters). Narses chose to retire to Naples, instead of returning...
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women were increasingly expected to keep to a special women's section (gynaikonitis), and by the 8th century it was described as unacceptable for unmarried...
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