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As women play a prominent role in much Athenian literature, it initially seems as though there is a great deal of evidence for the lives and experiences of Athenian women. [5] However, the surviving literary evidence is written solely by men: ancient historians have no direct access to the beliefs and experiences of Classical Athenian women. [ 5 ]
Euripides (c. 480 – c. 406 BC) is one of the authors of classical Greece who took a particular interest in the condition of women within the Greek world. In a predominantly patriarchal society, he undertook, through his works, to explore and sometimes challenge the injustices faced by women and certain social or moral norms concerning them.
In ancient Sparta, cults for women reflected Spartan society's emphasis on the women's roles as child-bearers and raisers. Consequently, cults focused on fertility, women's health, and beauty. [57] The cult of Eileithyia, the goddess of childbirth, was an important cult for Spartan women. [57]
The status and characteristics of ancient and modern-day women in Greece evolved from events that occurred in Greek history. In Michael Scott's article, "The Rise of Women in Ancient Greece" ( History Today ), the place of women and their achievements in Ancient Greece was best described by Thucidydes in this quotation: "The greatest glory [for ...
Marriage in ancient Greece had less of a basis in personal relationships and more in social responsibility, however the available historical records on the subject focus exclusively on Athens or Sparta and primarily on the aristocratic class. According to these records, the goal and focus of all marriages was intended to be reproduction, making ...
Public memorials, private virtues: women on classical Athenian grave monuments. Mortality, 8(1), 20-35. Carpenter, R. (1950). Tradition and invention in Attic reliefs. American Journal of Archaeology, 54(4), 323-336. Closterman, W.E. (2007). Family ideology and family history: the function of funerary markers in Classical Attic peribolos tombs.
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Athenian men believed that women had a higher sex drive and consequentially if given free range to engage in society would be more promiscuous. With this in mind, they feared that women may engage in affairs and have sons out of wedlock which would jeopardize the Athenian system of property and inheritance between heirs as well as the citizenry ...