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What were spartan women trained in?
Spartan women were into physical training like running, wrestling, and javelin throwing.
What sports did ancient Greek spartan women play?
Spartan women - or rather: Spartan adolescent women - participated on an equal footing with Spartan boys in the so-called Gymnopaedia, a festifal where they displayed athletic as well as martial arts, and dancing. Ancient Greek sports were running, swimming, the long jump, discus and javelin throwing.
How did Athenian and Spartan womens roles differ in society?
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 not want him, she was free to fight to prevent him from having her and could kill him if she chose and was able. The Spartan woman told her men as they went to war, husband or son, "Come back carrying your shield or on it".
Why did spartan women have so many responsibilities?
they were born to be slaves
In what ways were the lifestyles of Athenian and Spartan women the same?
They were Greek females who bore and raised families and ran the household. However the Spartan women participated in city-life, while the Athenian women were kept at home in virtual purdah, getting out occasionally for a women's religious festival.
