Woman of anchient Greece (Athens and Greece)

In Anchient Greece, woman were treated very poorly. They were seen as objects, things that were used only for making heirs. They had no freedoms whatsoever. They did not learn academics and could not participate in athletics. It got even worse when they got married. They could do next to nothing. All they did was watch the kids and teach the daughters how to become a good wife. She could only own things, not buy them. She couldn't even leave her own home. What a boring life, don't you think?

However, in Anchient Sparta, things were a little different. First of all, they could attend school and competed in atletics. They could inherit things, which was impossible for an Athenian girl to do. They could own property: as a result, one third of Sparta belonged to women. When they were married, they were much more emotionally stronger than their Athenian counterparts. They could even be the dominant member of the family. They were allowed to spread their intellect. In retrospect, it was definatly better to be a woman from Sparta then Athens.

However, one should wonder why the high and mighty Greeks, with their advancements in technology and culture, did not even bother to think that women were equals. I think it all depended on the enviroment. In Athens, a woman wouldn't even bother to try and to get into society. They were stuck inside their houses to be able to. They lived in a society where they had been brainwashed to only obey the husband, nothing more.

Because of this, woman were shown as objects, or as if they weren't there, in art. There aren't a lot of pieces of art from anchient Greece that had women as their subjects.