Women / Persons ~ P25279
Women of Cios
Alternate Names:
- Maids of Cios
- Women of Ceos
- Women of Keos
Gender: Female
Life Dates:
Types:
- Anonymous group
- Classical Greek
- Legendary
- Representative of region
Note: Subject of a Plutarch chapter on courtship, claims these practices were maintained for seven hundred years. Not to be confused with the chapter lauding the Women of Chios; like the chapter on the Milesian maids, this is a story lacking references. Alternate spellings of Cios (not Chios) include Kea, Tzia, Keos, and Ceos.