Women: The Role Of Women In Sparta
children (Women, 2016). The life of a woman was basically childhood, marriage, family, and death. Women never became artists or scholars. Men typically lived until the age of 45, and women to 36. Men were often 20 years older than their wife, therefore many women survived their husband and remarried. In this case, her new husband would gain her inheritance.
The only crucial public role of women was to give birth to young citizens, more importantly males to be citizens and females to reproduce further (Social and, 2012). Women in Sparta had a very important role that was not just reproduction.
Scholars did not know much about Spartan men or women. The only writing containing any information about citizens in Sparta was from an Athenian man …show more content…
Before the Spartans captured Messenia, Women in Sparta were treated in the same general manner as women in Athens were. It was only until after the capture of the Messenians that Spartan were received equality and rights. Messenia was a city-state that contained a broad and fertile valley great for farming. The conquer of Messenia …show more content…
Women were responsible for keeping the property, agricultural land, and slaves in order. Land was power, and giving women the right to own and care for their husband’s land was something that had never truly happened before then. The risk of supervising the women as they performed their duties was too high, therefore the government offered women an incentive; rights, equality, and freedom, for their work. Women in Sparta had more freedom than any other women in ancient Greece. Girls could now have an education without it being cut off by marriage and children. With women busy tending farmland and enjoying their new lives, the need and desire to bear children dwindled. Children weren’t needed as help around the house or in the work fields. There were slaves to work in the field and homes, along with women to care for property in general. Women stopped having as many children to, instead of raising a family, perform agricultural labor, something women at that time had never had the opportunity to experience. The helot slaves hated the Spartans as much as Athenian men hated women. An Athenian writer visiting Sparta wrote about the slaves; “They would gladly eat the Spartans
The only crucial public role of women was to give birth to young citizens, more importantly males to be citizens and females to reproduce further (Social and, 2012). Women in Sparta had a very important role that was not just reproduction.
Scholars did not know much about Spartan men or women. The only writing containing any information about citizens in Sparta was from an Athenian man …show more content…
Before the Spartans captured Messenia, Women in Sparta were treated in the same general manner as women in Athens were. It was only until after the capture of the Messenians that Spartan were received equality and rights. Messenia was a city-state that contained a broad and fertile valley great for farming. The conquer of Messenia …show more content…
Women were responsible for keeping the property, agricultural land, and slaves in order. Land was power, and giving women the right to own and care for their husband’s land was something that had never truly happened before then. The risk of supervising the women as they performed their duties was too high, therefore the government offered women an incentive; rights, equality, and freedom, for their work. Women in Sparta had more freedom than any other women in ancient Greece. Girls could now have an education without it being cut off by marriage and children. With women busy tending farmland and enjoying their new lives, the need and desire to bear children dwindled. Children weren’t needed as help around the house or in the work fields. There were slaves to work in the field and homes, along with women to care for property in general. Women stopped having as many children to, instead of raising a family, perform agricultural labor, something women at that time had never had the opportunity to experience. The helot slaves hated the Spartans as much as Athenian men hated women. An Athenian writer visiting Sparta wrote about the slaves; “They would gladly eat the Spartans