The Woman Warrior

Sparta was a warrior society centered on the loyalty of the state and military service, at Sparta the children used to begin their training to become a warrior at the age of 7, leaving their houses to join the barracks, where they also learned to write and read. The Spartan army was considered the best in the world, due to their commitment to the training and their battle strategy, they could overcome any opponent, to increase their power in the battlefield, the warriors were taught to fight

and that line would imply that he had to fight against her, in a war or in a skirmish. The Amazons were a group of female warriors in Greek mythology, and this group of women were the archenemies of ancient Greeks. Every Greek hero or champion had to prove their worth by fighting one of them. Theseus was determined to show his strength and power, so he defeated a Amazonian warrior, Hippolyta. Hippolyta is not present vocally in the first act of the playas she has a few lines, but she comes back in the

the best strategy they had to fight against the Americans. Building a well-working society is never easy to do, especially in the culture that the Native’s lived in. Everybody had a set of skills that worked best in different areas. All men were warriors, they left to hunt and provide food for the tribe. They were very skilled with their hands, as they used bows, arrows, and knives to kill their prey. Men were looked upon by everyone as hunters, and the better hunter one was, the more popular they

which has traditionally been deeply colored by a predominantly male bias, and the historical dominance of men over women had been accepted to such a degree that it appeared to be the natural order of things . Popular imagination was of male Viking warriors with their long beards, large axes, colorful shields, and bloodied swords. The presence of women was limited within the scope of early works. The historiographical study of women’s rights within the Viking Age is in its early stages. The academic

This theme is depicted in the painting Sappho. The painting features a young woman wearing golden earrings, a golden hair piece and fine robes. These articles of clothing and accessories were worn by the wealthy Romans, so it can be assumed that this woman was well off. In one hand, she is depicted holding a sort of stylus or writing tool. In the other hand, she holds a wax tablet. Wax tablets were used for writing;

closeness. Archaeologists have interpreted this as a sign that in the Etruscan society, men and women elite were of the same stature and regarded very similarly. It appears that the man and woman are lounging during a banquet, at ease with no discrimination or difference in cultural role. Because the man and woman are depicted in the same way in the artwork, it can be argued that they were treated the same way or had the same opportunities in their society. Archaeologists may argue that if women were

The Scandinavian Late Iron Age, popularly known as the Viking Age, is often represented by pre 1960’s archeology as deeply and inherently male, with male aggressiveness as the ideal presented to the public, leaving little room for alternative gender roles in the popular imagination. However, Dr. Lisa Bitel of the University of Southern California stated, “Women participated more fully and freely in both the settling of Iceland and in its written history than in any other migration of peoples within

for and the stories they inhabit would have little value without them. Each woman brings a unique and atypical stance to femininity and the traditional female role through their determination, ferocity, cunning, and their unwavering wills. Let’s begin with Beowulf. Specifically the character of Grendel’s mother. Grendel’s mother goes against the stereotypical female role of the time period in one major way: she’s a warrior and respected and feared as one. Grendel’s mother is no damsel in distress

The duty of a Viking woman was to successfully equip her family with sufficient nourishment throughout the irksome winter months. Viking women would create food products, construct garments of clothing, brew ale, care for her children and collect milk from livestock. If the

false. Buffalo is an important food source for the Plains Indians and were easily accessible because of how many there were. According to Pringle (1996:150) “over the past 5,700 years, native warriors have lured more than 123,000 Bison