Spartan women were into physical training like running, wrestling, and javelin throwing.
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.
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".
they were born to be slaves
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.
spartan women were expected to remain out of sight and quietly raise childern.
Spartan women were expected to raise healthy, strong babies, who could become soldiers. Women had much responsibility because they controlled their households and taught their children Spartan values,which also led to their enjoying freedoms than other women in ancient Greece.
Spartan women were into physical training like running, wrestling, and javelin throwing.
Spartan women were into physical training like running, wrestling, and javelin throwing.
They had more freedom than Athenian women. Spartan women could also learn how to wrestle and how to race.
spartan women had more freedom than the women of other Greek city-states:D
They had more freedom than Athenian women. Spartan women could also learn how to wrestle and how to race.
The lowest group in Spartan society was made up of helots, who were enslaved agricultural workers owned by the state. They were required to work the land and provide a portion of their produce to the Spartans. Helots had few rights and were subjected to harsh treatment.
Spartan society emphasized military training, discipline, and physical fitness. Athenian society emphasized democracy, education, philosophy, and the arts.
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Spartan women were treated with some equality in contrast to the rest of the Greek world .
Yes, mostly were Spartan women.