Ancient Greek Society

Women's roles in Athens were very different from those in Sparta. Women in Athens were more refined I guess you could say. In Sparta women "wore the pants" in the family, had control of land, and competed with men in athletic competitions. In Athens, the women also had control of land but they had a guardian called a kyrios who controlled every aspect of the woman's life. In Athens the women were more restricted to what they could do, unlike in Sparta where the women were able to have more freedom.

Even though the Greeks were considered advanced and culturally elite, I believe that every great society has it's flaws. As for the Greek culture, one of it's flaws was gender equality. Overtime, gender equality did change as most flaws do.

I believe that women were depicted in more of a reformed manner by artists. After understanding Ancient Greek society more closely, I realized that women were supposed to act proper and therefore artists portrayed this in their artwork.