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Links
Praxiteles
http://campus.northpark.edu/history/WebChron/WestCiv/Praxiteles.html
Article on Praxiteles' sculpture and his place in the history of Greek art.
Democritus of Abdera
http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Democritus.html
Article on the atomist philosopher Democritus, including quotes and what little we know about his life.
Review - Hypatia of Alexandria
http://ancienthistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa071800a.htm
Review of Maria Dzielska's biography of the female philosopher Hypatia.
Aspasia of Miletus
http://ancienthistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa032498.htm
Information on the mistress of Pericles and teacher of Socrates, based on Madeleine Henry's "Prisoner of History."
Demosthenes
http://ancienthistory.about.com/library/bl/bldemosthenes.htm
Brief biography of the Greek orator Demosthenes, including his dramatic suicide.
Anyte and the Muses - Hellenistic Epigram
http://ancienthistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa021301b.htm
The contributions made to the genre of poetry by Anyte of Tegea. Anyte was one of nine so-called earthly muses.
Korinna (Corinna)
http://ancienthistory.about.com/library/bl/glossary/bl_korinna.htm
Biographical information on the fifth century Boeotian poet who repeatedly defeated Pindar in poetry competitions.
Korinna
http://faculty.goucher.edu/eng222/korinna.htm
A study guide for Korinna's poetry from an English course on Women and Literature at Goucher.