Women in Ancient Greece

In Ancient Greece, women’s activities, social engagements, and duties were clearly laid out. Greek culture was highly developed, and each person fulfilled their role. From the time a young Greek girl was born, she began to learn the skills necessary to satisfy the social requirements of the time. Greek women were expected to be neither seen nor heard, since their only purposes consisted of childbirth, household tasks, and pleasing their husbands. A girl also …

…period had to be unquestionably loyal, stay in her own house, exist as a piece of property, and be relegated to household tasks. Under normal conditions, she could not legally own property, and if, perchance, she inherited her father’s wealth, she usually would be married off to a nearby relative. Thus, a woman could not obtain real wealth or power. Woman were only second-class citizens at the time, and their lifestyle proved as much.