Women in Ancient Greece

Although the Greek were highly advanced for their time they had very primitive views for their women. Varying on the type of Greek culture woman were seen as inferior.

Although close in a geographical view the way Athenians and Spartans viewed their woman was very different. Athenian women were very close to slave men in social status. The only way they could achieve status or recognition was when they acted like high class prostitutes. In Sparta woman had a more power and influence. They had the power to own land and do other things other women in the world couldn't dream of doing.

The reason Greeks were advanced yet had primitive views about woman is because all great nations have ironic flaws. This is the same reason that America being a freedom based country banished slavery a hundred years after it was established. All great countries tend to make those mistakes and I believe it is a part of ignorance.

Since women were viewed as inferior I believe that artists only depicted important woman which in that time consisted of only goddesses.