HISTORY
ANCIENT GREECE
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Question
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Athenian girls were raised in military camps
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Athenian girls were trained for leadership positions in the government
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Girls were treated as slaves in Sparta
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Girls were given a formal education in Sparta
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Detailed explanation-1: -Formal education was usually only for the sons of wealthy Greek families. Women, slaves, and the children of poor families were not given a formal education.
Detailed explanation-2: -As adults, Spartan women were allowed to own and manage property. Additionally, they were typically unencumbered by domestic responsibilities such as cooking, cleaning and making clothing, tasks which were handled by the Helots.
Detailed explanation-3: -Spartan education was built around the need for a strong military. While boys were taught how to survive as a soldier, girls were also educated so that they could produce strong offspring.
Detailed explanation-4: -While boys prepared to fight foreign armies, girls tended to domestic duties. Girls would spend part of the day learning to spin and weave. A teenage girl in Sparta could expect her father or another male to arrange her marriage. Spartan girls usually married in their late teens.
Detailed explanation-5: -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.