Man, today I decided to whip up something quick about ancient Greek ladies ’cause my cousin’s kid needed help with her history homework. Started by grabbing my dusty history books off the shelf – almost knocked over my coffee doing that. Flipped through pages like a madman searching for juicy bits about women who weren’t just Zeus’s side chicks.
The Research Chaos
Went straight to Agnodice first – that lady straight up pretended to be a dude to become a doctor! Couldn’t believe ancient dudes banned women from medicine. Then found Aspasia blowing minds in Athens’ boy’s club philosophy scene while everybody ignored her ’cause she was Pericles’ mistress. The real kicker? Hypatia doing advanced math while Romans burned down her library. History really buried these women deep.
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Wild Facts That Made It In:
- Agatha’s husband actually bought her fake ID scrolls for med school
- Cleopatra spoke 9 languages fluently – girl boss vibes
- Slave girls at parties secretly ran political spy rings
The Timing Nightmare
Tried recording voiceover with my phone – neighbor started mowing his lawn halfway through! Second take sounded like I’d swallowed helium. Then the real fight began: trimming 20 minutes of cool facts down to 3 minutes. Gutted my favorite story about Spartan ladies wrestling. Ended up pacing around counting seconds out loud until my dog started howling along.
Final version’s rougher than a Spartan shield but packed with surprises. Honestly still shook how much these women did while wearing those ridiculous togas. Anyway, hit publish before I could overthink it – now my cousin’s kid thinks I’m a history genius!
