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Ancient Athens and Sparta: Women/Slaves

A look at the differences and similarities of the lifes of women and slaves in ancient Athens and Sparta.

Athenian Women

Only men were considered citizens in Athens.
Women and slaves could not be citizens and had few rights.

Quiz

Could women be citizens in ancient Athens?

yes
no

Athenian women could not own property.
They could not vote or attend assembly.
Most could not choose their husbands.
They could not leave the house alone.

Quiz

Did women have many rights in ancient Athens?

yes
no

Athenian women did have some control at home.
They managed the household and supervised the slaves.
They spun thread and wove cloth for sewing.
Women taught their sons until they went to school at 6-7 years old.
They taught their daughters until they married at about 15.

Athenian Slaves

There were many slaves in ancient Athens.
Most Athenians owned at least one slave.
Some people were born into slavery.
Others were captives of war.

Quiz

Many Athenians owned at least one ____.

book
slave

Quiz

Slaves in Athens only worked on farms.

no
yes

Slaves did many jobs in Athens, including skilled tasks.
Some ran households and taught Athenian children.
Some slaves trained to be craftsmen and city Clerks.
Others were farm, factory or mine workers.
Slaves were often harshly punished.

Spartan Women

They wore plain clothing.
They did not use jewelry, cosmetics or perfume.
Women were expected to be strong, healthy and ready to fight.
A woman took care of her husband’s property in wartime.
She guarded it against Invaders and slave revolts.

Quiz

Spartan women had some rights.

yes
no

Did you know?

Spartan women were expected to be strong. They had to protect their land while their husband was at war.

Spartan women had more rights than other Greek women.
They could speak with their husbands friends.
Women could own their own property.
They could remarry if their first husband was at war for too long.

Spartan Slaves

Helots, were people the Spartans had conquered.
There were many more helots (slaves) than citizens in Sparta.
Spartans treated the helots harshly.

Quiz

Spartan slaves were called _____.

helots
hobbits

The Spartans were afraid of a slave revolt.
Sometimes the government declared war on the helots.
Then they could legally kill the helots best fighters.
This reduced the likelihood of future helot revolts.