| The men of ancient Greece are well known, | | | | education and had no real status other than |
| from Hercules to Alexander the Great. Greek | | | | being the property of her husband with all |
| women are rarely mentioned and one has to | | | | that implies. In general, women were viewed |
| wonder why?Ancient Greece was very much a | | | | as inferior beings with their primary use |
| patriarchal society. Sports were reserved for | | | | being childbirth. As you can see, not all of |
| men. Literature, politics, philosophy and so | | | | ancient Greece was particularly |
| on were as well. At least, this is what men | | | | enlightened.The one exception to this rule |
| wrote in the various publications we have | | | | was Sparta. Sparta had an entirely different |
| from that time.In truth, the position of | | | | view of gender. Essentially, it ignored it. |
| women in ancient Greece was one best defined | | | | Women were on par with men. They were |
| by the word separation. Women and men lived | | | | educated, could own land, have multiple |
| with very defined boundaries, boundaries | | | | husbands and participate in public life just |
| controlled by the men. The home was the | | | | as a man could. Alas, one has to imagine the |
| primary boundary. Greek women were married | | | | women of Athens and Sparta must have looked |
| off at a young age to men much older than | | | | at each other in shock given the different |
| them. They were then moved into the household | | | | paths their lives took.For all its amazing |
| of their new husband.This new household was | | | | achievements, gender equality in ancient |
| not their personal kingdom. Instead, the | | | | Greece was not one of them.Richard Monk is |
| mother of their husband ruled the household, | | | | with - a site with facts about everything. |
| a frightening thought for most modern women. | | | | Visit us to read more about Greece and Role |
| In this role, the wife was often given little | | | | of women in ancient Greece. |