what is the treatment of men versus women in athens,greece??

Question

I AM DOING A PROJECT IN SCHOOL THAT INVOLVES THIS QUESTION. I HAVE TO ANSWER ONE MORE QUESTION AFTER THIS ONE AND THEN I AM DONE. HERE IS THE QUESTION:


WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF EDUCATION IN ATHENS,GREECE??

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Answer 1

I suppose you mean ancient Greece, because now it is pretty much the same as everywhere in the western world.
In ancient Athens, women had no political rights and received lower education. However, since the ancient Greek religion included many women goddesses, this indicates that the role of women was not considered as less important. Women were responsible for the family's well being, so they had to be wise and educated enough to keep a household and raise the athenian citizens. They took part in religious ceremonies (Panathenaia, etc). In some of these ceremonies men were not allowed (Eleusinia). There were women priestesses, but they did not take part in the Olympic games.

By the way, referring to the following answers, women were not property and were not confined to their houses. On many instances we know of women yelling after their husbands in the market (notably Socrates's wife), and fulfilling several tasks outside the house (shopping, etc). They just had no political rights (vote).

Answer 2

Your question is not clear so I will assume you are referring to the ancient Athens of Pericles. 5th century bc. I'm also going to answer within the confines of the heading. Women were the property of men. You belong to your father and then your husband. Education was a male prerogative of the aristocracy and selected slaves. It's basic purpose hasn't changed to our days. Knowledge is power. People were taught history philosophy, music, mathematics, poetry and epic works, politics etc. The men would hold these reclining banquets called "symposia" (symposium)-literally "drinking together. Women were banned from this and most public affairs. But there is a notable exception. The Heteres. A group of professional women(orgies and stuff) of the highest caliber. They were highly educated they could sing and play music and they could discuss with men on equal footing. (something like a Geisha) One of the most famous ones was Aspasia who later became the wife of Pericles.

Answer 3

well you have many answers but you do not have the juice the Greek women are the most independent women on the world when a Greek women divorces she does not have to look for a house because she got the house the husband is the slave that has to go fight go to work go earn a living for the family in the old days the Greek women were the first libber womenn have you seen any other wome in vases or paintings dressed like Greek women? the man had to go to war who take care of things but the women in Sparta the women would tell their sons tan or epetas which means bring your shield winner or come back laying on it go to Greek hetairai it was not only aspasia the Christianity brought the burga and shame end embarrassment to women and deprive their freedom now we try to undo what ever 1700 years of Christianity's darkness did good luck with your project..

Answer 4

You do have three pretty good answers so far and I have little to add to what must be a short paragraph. I do want to differentiate however between the ancient and modern day education. In ancient times they educated the individual for the sake of education. Today, as in all countries we educate the individual to make a living. There is a vast difference when you ponder the two notions.
In Greek there are words for each type of "education" that do not exist in English. There is " Paedia", "ekpaedeusis", "katartisis" etc. It is interesting to study the words themselves and their meanings then and now.

Answer 5

The classical Greeks were male-centric, and the public role of women was quite diminished. In Athens only men could vote, inherit property, and take legal action. Women were confined to their homes, where, with the help of female slaves, they managed the household and raised children. Boys were educated in private schools from the ages of six to fourteen, but girls did not receive education outside the household. Sue Blundell notes that the Greeks believed that women needed “intercourse and pregnancies” to open up their bodies “to create the unobstructed space that is the mark of a fully-operational female,” so the Athenians generally married off their daughters shortly after they reached puberty, moving them from the protection of their fathers to that of their husbands.
The men they married were often older, and it was their responsibility to help curb their wives’ sexual appetites, for women’s psychology was viewed—by medical theorists and the general culture—as wanton and uncontrollable. Aristotle cautioned against young women masturbating, for girls “who experience sexual gratification become even more licentious, as do boys, if they do not guard against one temptation or another.” It was a husband’s duty, as Aristophanes notes in the Lysistrata, to satisfy and control his wife, not only to ensure his reputation would be intact, but to create an heir for his property.
Most of an Athenian man’s property was acquired through inheritance, and it was important to him (and to the state) that the transfer went to legitimate heirs. Thus, women were secluded from the company of other men: their quarters were apart from the formal dining area, where the man of the house would entertain his male companions; women were often escorted in public; and social affairs were sex segregated
In Athens, then, there was an ideal of an obedient woman, who lived under the protection of her father or husband (or uncle or son), and whose primary responsibilities were to produce and educate children, manage the house, spin, weave, and oversee the preparation of food.