![]() ![]() For example, there are anecdotes that were written by Spartan mothers to their sons that had gone to war. According to sources from the classical period literacy in Sparta was present, but only a few women were able to read and write. To be literate was a pleasure reserved only for the Elites. Compared to their boys who were separated from their mother at the age of 7, it is believed that the girls stayed with their mother for their entire education period. ![]() Girls and boys were fed equally so they could grow up to be physically strong and healthy so they could bear children without complications. Compared to the Athenian women, Spartan women could inherit property and were better educated.Īfter their birth the girls were given to their mothers so they could take care of them. To all other Greeks the Spartan women held a reputation of being insane and controlling of their husbands. Spartan women were very famous in Ancient Hellas, because they had more freedom than anywhere else in the Hellenic World. ![]()
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