The Women Of Sparta Women

Sparta was a militaristic state that kept to themselves and only attacked when they felt necessary.Spartans didn’t fight offensive battles for no reason.Spartans farmed their own food and didn’t have a need for trade. Spartans were highly independent and only depended on themselves and people they conquered to farm. In addition,in Sparta nobody needed to do chores because of the helots and were free to do the more important things.In Sparta after you serve your time in the military you could join

city-state. Meanwhile, back at the village, women march around wiht their children, buying and selling not just belongings, but also property. Young men train at the barracks to become the best warrior, and young women play sports and study for the upcoming test. Other city states look to this city state with fear and admirtion. They are awed at the freedom given to the women there, and they panic at the

Sparta was cut off from the rest of Greece by high mountains and wild country sides, there for Spartans developed their own ideas of society and government. A domineering society that focused upon its military strength, Sparta did not allow its citizens the lenient lifestyle of Athenians. The ideology of Sparta was oriented around the state. The individual lived (and died) for the state. Their lives were designed to serve the state from their beginning to the age of sixty. Women's lives were

overbearing. Women didn’t have a voice in the society and has always dependent on man. Independent woman was not heard of in ancient times. Woman was a lower creature and this position is clearly formulated by Aristotle. But the women of ancient Sparta were a special kind of women. She was a woman that produced worriers whose legend remains until this day. In the seventh century BCE, the great lawgiver, Lycurgus reorganized the political and social structure of the ancient Sparta, creating a disciplined

Women in Ancient Sparta & Athens By: Tony Knuth 12/9/09 Historians have spent a long time attempting to establish what exactly life was like for women in ancient Greece. Like all studies of ancient Greece, they focus primarily on the two most powerful city-states in the Hellenic world, Athens and Sparta. Since the majority of the primary documents deal with these two cities, historians are only able to decipher a fragmentary view of what life was actually like for the entirety of society

Women and Slaves in Sparta Sparta was definitely more progressive in people equality that the other city-states in Greece. The woman of Sparta had much more rights and opportunities that women in other city-states like Athens. For example, women could own their own land and control their own property and women also wore a special tunic that showed that they had freedom. Women were also free to speak to the husband friends and even remarry to another man if their husband has been gone for too

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

Women in Athens and Sparta were treated completely different. Women in Sparta were viewed more equally, while the women in Athens were treated like slaves. Women in a Greek city/state known as Athens, were not educated, and were treated the same if not worse than slaves (Athenian, 2005). In Athens, “Women lived in a society completely dominated by men” (O’Pry, 2012). This all ended when the women of Sparta (a Greek city/state) were seen overcoming these issues. The life of a woman in Athens was completely

The position and roles of women in society have generally improved over time. These factors, however, differ from region to region because different properties determine them. They include laws, cultures, and community set up. The same elements described the position and roles of women in ancient Greece. The two major cities with contrasting perceptions of women were Athens and Spartan. These areas had different cultures and set ups. Athens was a developed city at the time and consisted of a number

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