The most powerful man came from a group of selected rich families. Spartan had slaves, called the helots, to help with the labor of “producing food, building homes, tending animals, weaving cloth, and doing basic craft work” (Cuultures of the West, pg.118). The helots had no place in society; they “could not own properties and so could not rise to become full-citizens” (Sparta, Ancient History Encyclopedia). Spartan citizens received little education and made no contact with the outside world. The women in Sparta had “rights that other Greek women did not have” (Athens vs Sparta, Diffen). They can posses properties and interact with men as they choose. This type of freedom will be considered unacceptable in other Greek
The most powerful man came from a group of selected rich families. Spartan had slaves, called the helots, to help with the labor of “producing food, building homes, tending animals, weaving cloth, and doing basic craft work” (Cuultures of the West, pg.118). The helots had no place in society; they “could not own properties and so could not rise to become full-citizens” (Sparta, Ancient History Encyclopedia). Spartan citizens received little education and made no contact with the outside world. The women in Sparta had “rights that other Greek women did not have” (Athens vs Sparta, Diffen). They can posses properties and interact with men as they choose. This type of freedom will be considered unacceptable in other Greek