Spartan Women Vs Athenian Women

Sparta wanted all of their members to be strong, educated, and able to fend for themselves. When considering the women of Sparta, one should associate these traits to them as well. Life in Sparta was better for women compared to life in Athens because the women had more freedom, had a better education, and had more respect in Sparta. Spartan women were seen as the ones to make the citizens’ lives better by taking care of the home, family, and city-states power. The Spartan females certainly had the best lives and most power out of all the other ancient civilizations. Athenian women never had a say in whom they were going to marry, or what age they wanted to wed at. Although Spartan women still did not get to choose who they married, they
In Sparta, tombstones were only given to two citizens of Sparta, the men who died at battle and the women who died giving childbirth. The females of Sparta had huge roles for the city-state just by getting married and giving birth to the future leaders and soldiers. The Spartan women cooked for the family, just like the Athenian, and took care of the family work with the servants while the men were gone. Athens and Sparta both had citizens that respected that point about the women, because without them cooking and helping, they would only have the slaves to work for them, and the men never knew when there would be a rebellion. Another point that the Spartans were respected for was the capability of seeing over all the servants while safeguarding the family’s property. Without the women there, any one could show up and take over the house if it was not for the education of the Spartan women in war. Then the city-state would not be safe from other civilizations around. In Sparta, women were not allowed to wear makeup or any other enhancements, for they were praised on their natural beauty. The beauty was not just limited to the face, so physical physique was another reason the women were allowed to exercise and play sports with everyone else. The weaving skills of the Spartan women and girls were another prized gift they got to share with their city-state, but even this was different than Athens and the other places around them. For surrounding lands, spinning and weaving fine clothes or rugs was considered a very important skill for without it, there would be no linen or clothing for the family to wear. Often this work was long and difficult because it was very meticulous. Most places just had their servants do the hard parts, and they worked on what was before or next. This is different compared to Sparta,