Pericles, on Athenian women, 55; and Aspasia, 60; Wilamowitz on, 210; and law of Athenian citizenship, 212 Periktione on wife’s duty, 5 Perpetua, story of her martyrdom, 156 Phidias, Wilamowitz on, 210 Philemon on women, 10 Philosophy in Rome: Epicureanism, 129; Platonism, 130; Stoicism, 133 Phratria and citizenship, 69 Phryne, influence of her beauty, 7, 71 Platæa, treaty of intermarriage with Athens, 68 Plato, on unfaithful husbands, 6; on Spartan women, 33n.; on Diotima, 59n.; on Aspasia, 62; his views on women, 73; and the ‘Ecclesiazusæ’, 215 Plautus, women in his plays: as slaves, 217; the citizen-wife, 218; marriageable girls, 219; dowried and undowried wives, 220; woman’s extravagance, 221; its effect on marriage, 222; wives faithful, 223; husbands and female slaves, 224; exemplary wives, 225–6; a notable priestess, 227; character of the courtezan, 228, 231; some exceptions, 229–230; terms of endearment used by lovers, 232–6 Pliny, the younger, praise of his wife, 121 Plutarch, on Spartan women, 31n.; on Aspasia, 60; on girls wrestling naked, 203 Poisoning by Roman wives, 89–92, 131 Politics, Aspasia’s influence on, 65; Athenian citizen-wives without political standing, 67; influence of Roman matrons on, 99–104; notable instances, 120–24 Polycaste washes Telemachus, 199 Polygamy: Priam’s wives, 192 Porcia, wife of Brutus, her appeal for her husband’s confidence, 133 Priam, his wives, 192; and his “nothoi,” 194 Religion, its effect on the condition of women in Greece and Rome, 93; worship of the Idæan Mother in Rome, 94; introduction of the Bacchanalia, 95; and of Isis and other faiths, 97. See CHRISTIANITY and PAGANISM. Rohde, E., on love-making among the Greeks, 205 Rome: citizens, aliens, and slaves, 77, 79; treatment of female slaves, 80; patricians and plebeians, 81; extension of the conubium, 82; position of the Roman matron, 84; religion in, 93; worship of Bacchus introduced, 95; its condition on the introduction of Christianity, 113; pagan ideas of morality, 128; Romans bound to marry, 138; decrease of population, 141; position of women in, 153; honours paid to priestesses, 164. See CHRISTIANITY. Sappho, testimonies to her ability, 42; her poetry, 43; close friendship with her pupils, 45; her attitude towards marriage, 46; honoured by her contemporaries, 47; ridiculed by Athenian comic writers, 48; was she beautiful? 66; modern writers on her character, 207; Greek plays on her career, 209; her portraits, 211 Schneidewin, M., on men washed by women, 202