Greek And Roman Women's Role In Society

The times in Europe that still hold most fascinating to me are the Greek and Roman era. Two eras that were so strong in many areas and faced the ways of life very differently. The Greek and Romans face many different yet the same views on things such as women roles in society, medicine, and Mythology. The women’s role in society is a good indicator of how they were treated among the era they lived. In Greece women’s role in society after the fall of Athens, women started to work outside of houses a nurses and wool gatherers. In the northern part of Greece, metal sheets known as “Curse Tablets” were founded. These tablets were pieces of inscribed metal sheets that some women searched for advice from the gods, some asked to be relieved of diseases. These sheets showed a little part of how man and woman actually treated each other in this era. The Roman women weren’t as lucky as the Greek women. Their role in society was to marry young and have many children, many of the women died young and due to childbirth, if the women weren’t having children they were taking care of another woman’s children. Medicine is a universal need to all those living, it is something everyone has in common. The Greeks medicine was very limited but they did believe that sickness was brought on by an imbalance of the four humors. The four humors that were looked at are known as “blood, yellow bile, black bile and phlegm.” The physicians in this era that …show more content…
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