#classical athens

Hello! Not too many things are known about her, since future male writers obscured her contributions and those of other notable female mathematicians. For starters you can take a look at the English Wikipedia. The Greek Wikipedia version mentions that she loved Geometry so much, she had decorated the temple with geometric shapes. Pythagoras admired her so much that he allowed women in his school as teachers and students. (Notably, his daughters taught at his school)

The sources that mention Themistokleia are:

Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers

Gilles Ménage, (1984), The history of women philosophers, page 48. University Press of America.

Suda Lexicon, Pythagoras, π3124, and footnote 25

1613-1692., Ménage, Gilles, (1984). «The person who is referred to as Themistoclea in Laertius and Theoclea in Suidas, Porphyry calls Aristoclea.».

The history of women philosophers. Lanham, MD: University Press of America. σελ. 48. ISBN 0819142727. 11045203.

Ellen., Waithe, Mary (1987). Ancient women philosophers, 600 B.C.-500 A.D. Dordrecht: M. Nijhoff. σελ. 11. ISBN 9024733685

Vita Pythagorae (Life of Pythagoras), Porphyry, 41.5 -- Πορφύριος. «καὶ ἄλλ' ἄττα ἐπαίδευεν ὅσα παρὰ Ἀριστοκλείας τῆς ἐν Δελφοῖς ἔλεγεν ἀκηκοέναι.». Πυθαγόρου βίος. στίχος 41.5.

Philosophic Alchemy. «Υπατία η γεωμετρική» και Γυναίκες Μαθηματικοί της Αρχαίας Ελλάδας». philosophicALchemy.

"The Greek Female Philosophers You Really Should Not Ignore", Definitelygreece.gr

Another article for Pythagorean women (it's in Greek but Google Translate works well)

Lives of the Eminent Philosophers, by Diogenes Laërtius, Book 7. Here is one translation by Robert Drew Hicks. -- Διογένης Λαέρτιος. «φησὶ δὲ καὶ Ἀριστόξενος τὰ πλεῖστα τῶν ἠθικῶν δογμάτων λαβεῖν τὸν Πυθαγόραν παρὰ Θεμιστοκλείας τῆς ἐν Δελφοῖς.». Βίοι καὶ γνῶμαι τῶν ἐν φιλοσοφίᾳ εὐδοκιμησάντων. Βιβλίο Η΄.

Pomeroy, Sarah B. (2013). Pythagorean women : a social history. Baltimore. ISBN 978-1-4214-0957-3. 853506033.

So, the big problem here is just that this is HUGE topic. There are books and books and books. So what part in particular is the focus? That date would put you in the era of the Peloponnesian War, so Kagan's book on that is a starting spot.

But if you want to know reliable names of scholars, and an intro, I'd suggest The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Athens. If you want to own it, for an academic book it's reasonably priced, came out in 2021, so not out of date, and it will feature chapters by the top scholars in the field. If you see a topic (or three) that interest you, the author of a chapter will usually give a "Further reading" list too.

If you're writing a story, however, then a lot of daily life things would probably matter. And while the Companion may give some of that, I'm rather fond of a fun little book that came out some years back called Ancient Athens on 5 Drachmas a Day. Obviously it's a play on modern travel guides, but it's loads of fun. And it is exactly the date you're looking for! He's a specialist on Rome, but this is just fine.

Finally, you may want to pick up a general book on daily life in Greece. While the above is entertaining, there are things it doesn't cover.

The BBC has a short online series.

But the (now) older book by artist Peter Connolly has excellent illustrations and that's what you want: The Ancient City.

note: this is just a chatfic/crackfic where historical figures from classical athens are just..being themselves.

also this is just your typical tech au where phones, memes and abbreviations exist. they still wear chitons an shit btw.

they also know how to text and express themselves via text.

also there are gonna be chapters hehe

list of names:

periwinkle: Perikles

aspermylastemail: Aspasia

alcibiadeeznuts: Alcibiades

professionalmalakas: Aristophanes

europides: Euripides

sophiekles: Sophokles

aeschylux: Aeschylus

ilovehistory: herodotus

sassyhistorian: Thucydides

sockrates: Socrates

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periwinkle created a groupchat!

periwinkle added aspermylastemail, alcibiadeeznuts, professionalmalakas, europides, sophiekles, aeschylux, ilovehistory, sassyhistorian and sockrates to the groupchat!

periwinkle renamed the groupchat to: "fuckers™"!

periwinkle: hey y'all

sassyhistorian: who tf is this

sassyhistorian: oh

professionalmalakas: calm yo tits bro it's just our beloved tax misuser

sassyhistorian: PFFT

periwinkle: HUH

periwinkle: ARISTOPHANES HOW DARE YOU

periwinkle: >:(

professionalmalakas: omg it's worse than i thought

professionalmalakas: he can express emotion

periwinkle: can you stop roasting me FOR 5 SECONDS

professionalmalakas: okie dokie

professionalmalakas: 1

professionalmalakas: 2

professionalmalakas: 3

professionalmalakas: 4

professionalmalakas: 5

professionalmalakas: times up

periwinkle: 🫩🫩🫩

periwinkle: at least i know it's you aristophanes

professionalmalakas: my pleasure

aspermylastemail: wtf y'all talking about

periwinkle: nothing, dear :)

professionalmalakas: perikles being a simp caught in action

aspermylastemail: now that i think about it, ur username makes a lot of sense aristophanes

periwinkle: OH GODS

periwinkle: HE GOT OUTMATCHED

periwinkle: 👏👏👏

aspermylastemail: thank you thank you

alcibiadeeznuts: hiii 😝😝😝

professionalmalakas: oh gods

alcibiadeeznuts: sybau ari >:(

professionalmalakas: request denied

europides: aristophanes in his natural habitat

sophiekles: fr✨✨

aeschylux: i second that

professionalmalakas: well look what the cat dragged in

europides: not ur ass probably

ilovehistory: I don't know about you all but Thucydides being the first to text in the group chat after Perikles is the most in character thing he could do..

periwinkle: true

sassyhistorian: hey i am NOT that chronically online. (or whatever tf that is)

ilovehistory: Dude be so for real, last time we hung out, you were on your damn phone all the time. You only looked up from it qhen I accidentally tripped while walking😭😭

sassyhistorian: at least i don't write paragraphs to get my point across

periwinkle: damn why y'all fighting so much

sockrates: can we stop fighting and start questioning why are we literally in another world?? who got us here??

periwinkle: ^

periwinkle: yeah the reason why i created this group in the first place is to keep in contact while literal chaos is happening around us.

periwinkle: also hi socrates good to see you once in a while

alcibiadeeznuts: hiii socrateeesss :3

sassyhistorian: yeah someone tell the chaotic bisexual here to stop simping for one second

periwinkle: bruh no way you described my nephew in 2 words😭😭

alcibiadeeznuts: WHAT

alcibiadeeznuts: WHY TF DID YOU DECIDE TO ROAST ME UNC😭😭😡😡😡

periwinkle: i'm feeling like a menace today don't bother

alcibiadeeznuts: yeah checks out🙄🙄

periwinkle: anyways gtg i'm gonna go sort out some stuff

aspermylastemail: and i'm gonna go help him

periwinkle: bye y'all

ilovehistory: Goodbye! :)

professionalmalakas: this time don't fuck up while sorting that stuff, mkay???

sassyhistorian: 😭😭😭

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