Women

With the exception of Sparta, we had very limited freedom outside the home. We could attend weddings, funerals, some religious festivals, and could visit female neighbors for brief periods of time.

In our home, we were in charge! Our job was to run the house and to bear children. Most women did not do housework themselves.

Most households had slaves. Female slaves cooked, cleaned, and worked in the fields.

Male slaves watched the door, to make sure no one came in when the man of the house was away, except for female neighbors, and acted as tutors to the young male children.

Wives and daughters were not allowed to watch the Olympic Games as the participants in the games did not wear clothes.

Chariot racing was the only game women could win, and only then if they owned the horse. If that horse won, they received the prize.