Exhibit debunks role of women in ancient Greece

A woman's place has never been just in the home - not even in ancient Greece.

The proof is in an exhibit titled Worshiping Women: Ritual and Reality in Classical Athens - a collection of artifacts that correct the cliched idea of Athenian women as passive, homebound nurturers of men and children.

In the display covering Greek life, art and religion, women play important, vibrant roles, as do their goddesses - from lover to priestess to political peacemaker to protagonist of public festivals.