The primary role of the Spartan woman was to bear children for the state. The Spartan woman could choose her own husband. A man was allowed to take any woman he wanted to be his wife, but if she did...
Athenian women were a lot more house-bound. They were to be seen and not heard. The woman or 'Kyria' of the home only looked after the children and maintained the slaves within the house. Otherwise...
the women were expected to dedicate their lives to perpetuating Spartan society through the production of both young Spartans. To this end they competed in sports and ate well, so they could bear...
in their younger days they were to do less jobs because they gad slaves to do it for them. Their most important task was bearing heatlthy children, so they would train their bodies to be strong,...