For the winner a large tripod made to stride a fire / and worth a dozen oxen, so the soldiers reckoned. / For the loser he led a woman through their midst, / worth four, they thought, and skilled in many crafts.
— Homer Ancient

Iliad and Odyssey

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Description of prizes at Patroclus's funeral games in The Iliad, explicitly valuing women as property alongside other goods.

Date / Period

c. 8th century BCE

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Controversial

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