Mary Naples

After earning a BS in psychology from Arizona State University, Mary Naples pursued a career in high-tech sales and recruiting before fulfilling a lifelong dream of continuing her education. Long fascinated with the ancient world, Mary went on to earn an MA in Humanities with an emphasis in Women’s Studies from Dominican University of California. While at Dominican, Mary discovered a deep enthusiasm for unearthing stories about ancient women that have long been buried.

Since graduating in 2013, she has been a contributing writer for online periodicals about the ancient world, including Ancient Origins. In 2023, she published her first book, Cult of the Captured Bride: How Ancient Women Took Power, which examines how female participants found empowerment in a feminine fertility festival of ancient Greece. In June of 2024, she published her latest book titled Unsung Heroes: Women in the Ancient World, a collection of twenty-five articles about women from the dawn of ancient Greece to the last vestiges of the Roman Empire. When she is not researching the ancient world, Mary enjoys working at her local library. She lives with her husband, Tim, and their cat, Ariadne, in Sausalito, California.

You can read more about her work at: www.femminaclassica.com