HISTORY
ANCIENT GREECE
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Sparta
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Athens
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Both
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Spartan women had more rights and enjoyed greater autonomy than women in any other Greek city-state of the Classical Period (5th-4th centuries BCE). Women could inherit property, own land, make business transactions, and were better educated than women in ancient Greece in general.
Detailed explanation-2: -Spartan women had economic power For as well as being able to own property in her own right, a Spartan wife controlled the family finances, including her husband’s estate and household.
Detailed explanation-3: -Athenian women had limited capacity to own property, although they could have significant dowries, and could inherit items. The area of civic life in which Athenian women were most free to participate was the religious and ritual sphere.
Detailed explanation-4: -Even according to famous Greek Philosopher Aristotle, two-fifths of the land in Sparta was owned by women. It’s unbelievable to think that they were so free and independent, where in most Greek cities, women were the property of their husbands.