Heraean

Sometimes, it is worth celebrating how far we have come. Women were banned from the original Olympic games in Greece. Those caught attending (let alone participating) were said to be cast down from Mount Typaeum and into the river flowing below. Happily, women have never been content to bow to the discriminatory dictates of men. The women of Greece set up their own athletics games, called the Heraean Games, in honour of Hera, the Greek goddess of women, marriage, family and childbirth. Even in 2021, gender equality in sport has not been achieved, but the Olympics shows the way.

— Wayne Visser

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