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This 5 page paper contrasts and compares the life and times of women and men in Ancient Greece. Athens and Sparta are compared as well. References to Odyesseus included. All examples cited and quoted. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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as different internally as externally. Though Greece handed some of the greatest gifts to mankind, in their treatment of women, it can be said that they were as backward as
the rest. This is evident in the daily lives of men versus women in Ancient Greece, and the role of the woman as opposed to the role of a man.
It can be assumed from all the available data that the single- most goal in a young girls life was to secure a good marriage. She generally lived in her
parents house until that time and was pretty much considered the property of her parents, until she was wed, and then considered the property of her husband. Men were
in charge of everything. Since Grecian culture did not have a monarchy, but rather practiced one of the earliest forms of democracy, there was a forum, or political council called
the Senate. Many of the men participated in this form of government and were gone from the home for long periods of time during the day. Women were seldom allowed
out of the house. If they did leave the confines of the house, they were required to be escorted by male slaves or by male members of the household.
For entertainment, men tended to engage in a variety of activities, mostly involving drinking, wrestling, horseback riding, and gaming(Daily life, 2002). Women were not allowed, or invited to these parties.
Why this should be one can only speculate, but probably was to maintain the peace, since the possibility existed of inappropriate comments being made and having to be defended, or
worse yet (from the male perspective) ones wife may become the object of someone elses affection. Keeping the women separated from the view of most other men was a way
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