Women's Role In Ancient Greece

A women’s role in ancient Greek society was not monumental; they had no political rights what so ever, and are constantly under the control of men in all stags of life. The major statues that women can obtain during their life is; daughter, wife, mother, nurse, and slave. None of these statues are high in rank, unless a woman is married to someone in the high elite, or to an emperor, thus the wife is not able to obtain that high rank by herself, she needs a male to aid and further her status. On the other side of the spectrum of statues is the slave woman, who had a minor amount of worth. As Massey articulates,” Some [people] may have been captured in war, but most from slave-traders who had bought them from pirates and kidnappers. Others