To begin with, the ideal woman in classical Athens was a woman who remained faithful in her relationship and followed the rules that society had placed upon her. When a woman in classical Athens reached the age of 14 she was usually married off by her father to a man twice her age. After she was married the girl is sent to the husband 's house to live. As a woman during this time …show more content…
This ideal is demonstrated by the rape of Sabine women, a tale of the romans kidnapping Sabine women, then making brides out of them. The attack causes the Sabine men to go to war with the romans but before any bloodshed may begin, the women stand between them and ask to think of the children. Therefor stopping a war and protecting the people of Rome. The idea is continuously enforced with the rape of Lucretia. In the story Lucretia was a wife of Collatine, a roman leader, is raped by Tarquin the king 's son and collatine’s friend. During the act, she begs him to stop and cries but he does not listen. Once it is over she is filled with grief and guilt about the act. Upon sun rise she tells her husband and then kills herself to protect her husband 's image. enraged, collatine seeks out Tarquin and has him banished. In both stories there are similar ideas, one being that a as a roman citizen, everything you do must benefit rome and that as a woman you should protect your husbands for obstacles. whether it be opposing forces or his place in society. Some ideas from Rome also are present in the idea of the ideal woman in Han dynasty