Contact Admin. The status of women in most of the Greek world, and particularly in Athens, was similar to the status of women under the Taliban today. Wives were acquired strictly for the purpose of the production of legitimate heirs, and sexual pleasure was sought from boys, slaves, and prostitutes who were also unfree in explicitly lopsided relationships in which the free, adult male dominated and demeaned the object of his sexual attenti The wives and daughters of citizens were excluded from all public and intellectual activities, were kept inside behind locked doors, and were not allowed to exercise or eat as well as their brothers or husbands.
Women could not inherit or own property, and it was not considered wise to educate them. It is against the backdrop of this essentially misogynous world, where women were deemed "a curse to mankind" and "a plague worse than fire or any viper" Euripides , that the status of Spartan women must be judged. Spartan women were not as free as modern women.
Their primary role in society was that of wives and mothers. Their fathers chose their husbands for them, and they were honored most for producing sons. They did not have the right to vote but then they weren't expected to spend forty years in the army, either , and they could not be elected to public office. Nevertheless, they enjoyed status and rights that were exceptional in ancient Greece and were the scandal of the ancient world.
AN ancient city in Greece, the capital of Laconia and the most powerful state of the Peloponnese. The city lay at the northern end of the central Laconian plain, on the right bank of the river Eurotas, a little south of tbe point where it is joined by its largest tributary, the Oenus mod. Login Signup. Signup Login Contact Admin.
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