Gorgo, Queen of Ancient Sparta
Spartan women were free to pursue an education, own land, initiate divorce, and go where they pleased. Introduction Gorgo was the queen of the Greek city-state of Sparta, daughter of the king Cleomenes (reigned 520-490 BCE), wife of King Leonidas (reigned 490-480 BCE), and mother of King Pleistarchus (reigned 480-458 BCE). Her birth and death[…]