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                                                                                                                                                                                               An Ancient

                                                                                                                                                                                                  pAssion
                                                                                                                                                                                            Across the Ancient Greek world,
                                                                                                                                                                                            women spent time dyeing threads,
                                                                                                                                                                                            spinning yarn, weaving cloth and
                                                                                                                                                                                            decorating textiles in their homes,
                                                                                                                                                                                            finding inspiration in nature, culture
                                                                                                                                                                                            and mythology to create patterns
                                                                                                                                                                                            and devise ingenious techniques.
                                                                                                                                                                                            In fact, one early law allowed
                                                                                                                                                                                            widowed and divorced women
                                                                                                                                                                                            to keep half of the weavings they
                                                                                                                                                                                            had created in their marriage, with
                                                                                                                                                                                            some historians tracing the custom
                                                                                                                                                                                            of the wedding dowry in the form
                                                                                                                                                                                            of white goods that is still prevalent
                                                                                                                                                                                            in Greece to that ancient creative
                                                                                                                                                                                            passion for textiles.



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