In classical Greece, the women of Attica dont seem to make many important appearances, but after research on women in Athens and Sparta, specifically, it can be seen that the way the women are treated in each respective city, seems to represent and reflect the values that the cities place emphasis on. For Athens, that emphasis is placed on property, while for Sparta the emphasis is placed on building armies and living in a cohesive community. Athens and Sparta show differences when it comes to their values, but also when it comes to how women were treated. In both cities the main purpose for women is to get married and procreate. Despite this, we still see a difference in the way that women were treated; women in Athens were treated as “perpetual
