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