As much as it flies in the face of our stereotypes about the origins of Western freedoms, women in democratic Athens, unlike those of Persia or Syria, were expected to wear veils when they ventured out in public.64
David Graeber
As much as it flies in the face of our stereotypes about the origins of Western freedoms, women in democratic Athens, unlike those of Persia or Syria, were expected to wear veils when they ventured out in public.64