The swing was known in the Greek language as αιωρα, and it was associated with a group of myths that made its inception a social necessity, so that it became the perfect unconventional that symbolizes death by hanging instead of the real death that Dionysus obligatory on Athena's girls at the age of marriage as stated in the legend of Erigone, as it was The swing commemorates some of the female characters who got rid of their lives from the road by death by hanging, and some of them were unfaithful like Phaedra and others were good examples as they took this matter to face injustice, or to escape rape, in addition to that, swinging was a way to appease evil spirits Known as aoroi, which was originally the soul of a girl who died prematurely, and thus became wandering and attacks girls and children alike, finally Plato and Hippocrates point out that the vibration resulting from the swing works to remove internal tensions and disperse fears, which often lead girls to suicide, especially during a period The famous period, or as a result of the late age of marriage. Thus, the swing divulges concepts and beliefs of Greek society, as it sheds light on a wide range of local myths, as well as many characters around which many theatrical works were carried out, and it sheds light on an aspect of the lives of girls and women in ancient Greece.
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