1.7 Warrior Women

Greece

The Amazons (BBC Radio 4 In Our Time) - Listen to Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Amazons.

Bassae History (Odysseus Culture) - A useful overview of the history of the sanctuary of Apollo at Bassae.

Jocasta, Eurydice and Phaedra

To help you research the stories of these three women, here are links to the Wikipedia pages for each:

Jocasta

Eurydice

Phaedra

Once you have researched their stories, you might like to complete a table with column headings:

• Name
• Reason for committing suicide
• Method of suicide
• How similar is this example to Penthesilea’s 'glorious death in battle'