Book Review: How Women Became Poets: A Gender History of Greek Literature by Emily Hauser.

"How Women Became Poets: A Gender History of Greek Literature" by Emily Hauser explores the tradition of women's poetry in ancient Greek literature and the challenges female writers faced in male-dominated societies. Hauser traces the presence of women's voices in oral and literary traditions, highlighting moments when women infiltrated the male world of poetry to construct their own poetic identities. The book examines the gendered vocabulary of poetry, the silencing of female voices, and the evolution of poet-terms for women. Hauser's work offers a fresh perspective on the gender history of ancient Greek literature and challenges the notion that poetry was solely the domain of men. [Extracted from the article]