Ergastinai

Key term for OCR GCSE Classical Civilisation, used in Prescribed Sources.

Definition

Young noble Athenian women selected to weave the sacred garment for the statue of Athena.

Exam Context

Ergastinai appears in OCR GCSE Classical Civilisation revision content for Women in the Ancient World, especially Prescribed Sources and Visual and Material Sources.

Women in the Ancient World Prescribed Sources Visual and Material Sources

Study Pathways

Women in the Ancient World

Prescribed Sources

Visual and Material Sources

Myth and Religion

Festivals

Greece

Found in Revision Notes

Women in the Ancient World

Visual and Material Sources

Prescribed Sources • Visual and Material Sources

Revise note

Myth and Religion

Greece

Festivals • Greece

Revise note

Related Key Terms

Acropolis Adyton Aedes Aegis

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