ere required by law to marry the daughters of Athenian people only. So they ended up having affairs with Hetairai. (Adams 1) They were better-educated girls from Iona. Perikles previously mentioned ended up divorcing his Athenian wife for a Hetairai by the name of Aspasia.
             In the fourth century education finally became more available to women. They started studying poetry, philosophy, and painting. Then by the fifth century B.C. ideas about female emancipation showed up in literature. In the theater arts, the women were played by young males but were still the most memorable characters.
             Iaia of Kyzikos was one Greek women artist who received recognition from the Roman historian Pliny the Elder. He said, "Her hand was quicker then that of any other painter and her artistry was of such high quality that she commanded much higher pr
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