Athens V Sparta

The city-states Athens and Sparta were rivals in ancient Greece. Geographically the two were very close to each other, but they had a very different economy, cultural values, and way of governing. Both city-states had two very different ways of doing things. I will be highlighting the major differences.

The Athenian people had a very modernized and an opened outlook towards life. In contrast to Sparta, in Athens, males were not obliged to join the armed forces they had the opportunity to pursue a good education and distinct varieties of arts and sciences courses. The people of Sparta were not open to other forms of education they only focused on military obedience and power. They didn’t also associate with people outside their territories. Family ties in Athens however, were much stronger. Women were officially dependents of their spouses or their fathers. Women in Athens had no right to own an asset apart from their family. In Sparta, women enjoyed more privileges than women in the other Greek countries did. Women in Sparta were stronger and they formed close relations with their men as they chose. Women could also possess their own assets. In the Athenian region females worked on house chores such as cooking or weaving but in Sparta, the females were free of all of such chores. (Differ,

Athens and Sparta were two of the most powerful and well known cities among all the Greek nations. Most would find it easier to find more similarities among these two groups of mighty people. But there are some differences between these two power houses. For instance the way that these cities were governed and their political procedures and functions were quite different from each other.

Athens and Sparta, two rivals of ancient Greece that made the most noise and gave us the most traditions. Though they were close together on a map, they were far apart in what they valued and also how they lived their lives. Spartan and Athenian society were very different in many parts. The differences are what set these two apart, and the things they shared in common are what unified them as Greek city-states. Sparta and Athens shared similarities and differences in their systems of government, military, judgment and views of their women. In addition to this, the social gatherings of Athenians and Spartans that were also similar and different.

Even being from the same time frame in history, the Roman women from Sparta and the Greek women from Athens were completely different. Their ideas, habits, and daily activities were majorly impacted by the community they lived in. Some of the main differences between the lifestyles of these women include the rights they were given under the government, the daily and professional attire of the women, and the marital and divorce rituals of each of the women. Though they had many different things about them, they also had some similarities that connected them together. Both the Athens and Sparta have two completely different statuses for their women in the society, in many different aspects as well.

This investigation will answer the question “What were the differences and similarities of the roles of women in Athens and Sparta?” This question is relevant due to the fact that the role of women and how they were treated back then are very different than today and we’ve come a long way since then in terms of women’s rights. It’s also important to see the drastic differences between the roles of women from one Greek city to another. The issues that will be addressed are their treatment and roles within societies and how they differ from the Greek towns Athens and Sparta. The places investigated will include Athens and Sparta. This will be accomplished through an examination of books, websites, and academic journals.

The poleis of Athens and Sparta both had similarities and differences to each other, because of this, these poleis make excellent candidates to compare and contrast. For one thing, Athens and Sparta both had starkly different governments, Athens had a government where Athenian land-owning males could voice their opinions, while Sparta had an oligarchy. Athens had one of the best navies for the time period, while Sparta had one of the strongest land forces, the Spartiates. Also, Athens cared more for luxury items than Sparta and Athens pursued knowledge instead of military power, unlike Sparta. Although Sparta and Athens had many differences, they also had some similarities, such as how both poleis had very strong armies.

The Greeks contested of a hand full of city-states. Which where many individual governments that would join together if an intruder or war started. Because they were individual governed, many different political and social view took place. The most radical views were on the subject of women. In Ancient Greece the majority of city-states sited with the views of Athens on the matter. All but one, the outsider was Sparta. Thought this essay, it will investigate question, what are some similarities and differences of the role of women in ancient Athens and Sparta? Though the following topics of: Marriage, freedoms and isolation, and last of all politics and land.

Ancient Greeks lived around 3,500 years ago and their legacy shapes the world we live in today. Ancient Greece was compromised of small city-states, of which Sparta and Athens were two. Although the competing city-states of Sparta and Athens were individually different as well as governmentally diverse, they both managed to become dominating powers in Ancient Greece. Athens was known as a place of wisdom and learning and their main goal was to create a society with well-balanced attributes, whereas Sparta was renowned for its military as their goal was to build an elite state of soldiers. Both city-states included social structures including three levels. For Athens, the highest place on the social structure were citizens which was equivalent to Sparta’s Spartiates. Next were the Metics and Periokoi who where not as privileged as the upper class but considered luckier than the Slaves and Helots. Men were the main participants in these structures as women in either polis had little to no rights and were expected to become a wife and have children. But the question is, which polis was a better place to live in? It all depended on where you were placed on the social structure.

The ancient civilization of Greece contained many different city-states; two of these city-states were Sparta and Athens. Sparta and Athens were different in their values, politics, and societies. Sparta was focused on their military, discipline, and to have a strong state. Athens was a democratic state that was peaceful and where women were open to culture and democracy. How do these two city-states differ?

women. The only place in Greece where this ideology was not consistent, and the women demonstrated a surprising level of freedom, by Ancient standards, was the city state of Sparta. The point of this paper is to investigate how Sparta ‘s unique ideology has

Ancient Greece was made up of fiercely independent city-states, or poleis. Two of the most significant city-states were Athens and Sparta. Athens, home of some of the most important philosophers, is famous for being the cradle of democracy. On the other hand, Sparta, the polis with some of the best warriors in Ancient Greece, was an oligarchy with two kings. Naturally, these two different political systems influenced the common citizens in very different, but also similar ways. Now we are going to look into those similarities and differences.

Throughout history it has been noted that very little rights were given to women during ancient times. Women have always had to fight for some kind of rights such as the right to vote, serve in the armed forces and for equal pay to name a few. This was no different for the women of ancient Sparta and Athens. During this time, the rights of women were different depending on where they lived. Although these two city-states were close in proximity but the rights of the women of Sparta and Athens were not the same. This paper will identify some of the differences between these groups in regards to their education, private and public life as well as their political lives.

Athens and Sparta were both Greek cities. You know well ancient Greek cities, we call "Poleis," were city-sates, which mean they have their own government. Athens was in central in Greece, and its location encouraged Athenians to look outward toward the world beyond the city. In contrast, Sparta was more isolated. It was located on a plain between mountains and the sea. Spartans were suspicious outsiders and their ideas. Spartan grew what they needed, for what they couldn't grow, Spartan took from their neighbors. For their histories, the two city-states were rivals. I will show their differences reflected in their public life and governmental structures as the below.

Athens and Sparta in competition of ancient Greece, are some of the most widely and popularly known city-states to have ever existed. Looking at the map closely, we could notice that the both cities were relatively close to each other. But their means of support were not as close as we think. Even though this is the case, they are similar in many ways. According to (Brand, n.d., pg 10,19), in each of these city-states, they had an Assembly which was made up of all free male citizens. This excludes women, foreigners, and slaves. Brand also highlighted that “in Athens this Assembly was known as Ekklesia (Brand, n.d., pg 19).” Speaking of free male citizens, voting rights were similarly