DoomsdaysCW<p>Chrysis, priestess of Athena, was the exception rather than the rule.</p><p>Notable Women in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AncientGreece" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AncientGreece</span></a>: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Chrysis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chrysis</span></a> </p><p>Chrysis (ca. 200-101 BCE), a “priestess of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Athena" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Athena</span></a> Polias” (Connelly, 1), came from a prominent family in Greece. Athens “voted to grant her” (Connelly, 1) and all of her female descendants, “an impressive series of rights and privileges” (Connelly, 1).</p><p>Some of these privileges included “the right to consult the oracle, priority of trial, inviolability (asylia), freedom from taxes, a front seat at all competitions held by the city, the right to own land and houses, and all other honors customary for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/proxenoi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>proxenoi</span></a> and benefactors of the city” (Connelly, 1).</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WomensRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomensRights</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AncientWomen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AncientWomen</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Autonomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Autonomy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Priestess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Priestess</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Priesthood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Priesthood</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AncientHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AncientHistory</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Histodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Histodon</span></a></p>