HISTORY
ANCIENT GREECE
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Question
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Which of the following describes the main role of women in ancient Athens?
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Women went to school to learn to read.
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Women were to marry and have children.
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Women often participated in the government.
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Women entertained their husband’s guests.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -When they married, Athenian women had two main roles: to bear children, and to run the household. The ideal Athenian woman did not go out in public or interact with men she was not related to, though this ideology of seclusion would only have been practical in wealthy families.
Detailed explanation-2: -Women could inherit property, own land, make business transactions, and were better educated than women in ancient Greece in general. Unlike Athens, where women were considered second-class citizens, Spartan women were said to rule their men.
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