It is the purpose of this volume to give a simple sketch of the history of Greek womanhood from the Heroic Age down to Roman times, so far as it can be gathered from ancient Greek literature and from other available sources for a knowledge of antique life. Greek civilization was essentially a masculine one; and it is really remarkable how scant are the references to feminine life in Greek writers, and how few books have been written by modern scholars on this subject. In the preparation of this work, the author has consulted all the authorities bearing on old Greek life, acknowledgment of which can only be made in general terms. He feels, however, particularly indebted to the following works: Mlle. Clarisse Bader, _La Femme Grecque_, Paris, 1872; Jos. Cal. Poestion, _Griechische Philosophinnen_, Norden, 1885; ibid., _Griechische Dichterinnen_, Leipzig, 1876; E. Notor, _La Femme dans l'Antiquite Grecque_, Paris, 1901; R. Lallier, _De la Condition de la Femme Athenienne au Veme et au IVeme Siecle_, Paris, 1875; Ivo Bruns, _Frauenemancipation in Athen_, Kiel, 1900; Walter Copeland Perry, _The Women of Homer_, New York, 1898; Albert Galloway Keller, _Homeric Society_, London, 1902; and Mahaffy's various works, especially _Social Life in Greece from Homer to Menander_, and _Greek Life and Thought_. In making quotations from Greek authors, standard translations have been used, of which especial acknowledgment cannot always be given, but Lang, Leaf and Myers' _Iliad_, Butcher's and Lang's _Odyssey_, Wharton's _Sappho_, and Way's _Euripides_, call for particular mention. In the spelling of Greek proper names the author has endeavored to adapt himself to the convenience of his readers by being consistently Roman, and has used in most cases the Latin forms. He has retained, however, the Greek forms where usage has made them current, as Poseidon, Lesbos, Samos, etc., and has invariably adopted forms, neither Greek nor Latin, which have become universal, as Athens, Constantinople, Rhodes, and the like. The Greek names of Greek divinities have been preferred to their Roman equivalents. To conclude, my thanks are due to the publishers for their uniform courtesy and help, and to Mr. J.A. Burgan for the careful reading of the proof; nor could I have undertaken and carried through the work without the sympathetic aid and encouragement of my wife. MITCHELL CARROLL. _The George Washington University_. I GREEK WOMEN