WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In Athens, women generally couldn’t own property, couldn’t vote, and weren’t allowed to participate in the government. In other city-states, women had a few more rights, but still had less rights than men. Women usually had no say in who they married.

Detailed explanation-2: -In Ancient Greece, women are known to have been stable owners and horse breeders, who even went on to win competitions in Olympia, runners and dancers in chorals and at religious festivals, and to have played certain ball games and practised acrobatics in private spheres.

Detailed explanation-3: -Education in Ancient Greece Greek boys went to school, but girls did not. Girls in wealthier families might have been taught to read but, most stayed at home and learned how to do housework. This was not the same everywhere, though. In Sparta, for example, girls had more freedom and they were taught how to fight.

Detailed explanation-4: -(1). Sparta women would engage in sporting activities all throughout the city state and many areas of Sparta would hold mini contests of wrestling and running for women (which “boys” would be allowed to attend in order to promote marriage and procreation).