Leaving Home Analysis

By the grace of the Gods on Mt. Olympus our warrior people continue to dominate Peloponnesian league, Praise Zeus, mighty God of war!
The war against the Peloponnesians is going very well, my eldest son was delivered back to me atop his shield and he will be granted a gravestone. This is the highest honor a Spartan warrior could achieve and for that I am a very proud mother! My fifth born son will be leaving my home soon to join his brothers and father in war very shortly, and my ninth born son is rapidly approaching the age of seven and he will be leaving my home soon to join our city-states’ Agog regime. My heart swells with pride. My younger sister however; has recently cast her third child, who was unfit to carry the Spartan shield, into the hill side of Mount Taygetus. This ritual is for the good of our city-state and polis, the practice keeps our army strong and women fruitful. Never the less, my motherly heart goes out to her plight. Poor woman. My daughter is currently in talks of marrying a Mothake man from Athens, he was raised according to our ways, however he is not equal to us, he is not of our warrior blood. I have warned her against lowering her status as a Spartan woman, she …show more content…
I do not understand the Greeks attitude towards their women, a gynaeceum? Do the men of Greece fear that their women could become like the women of Sparta and put them to shame? The female citizens of Greece are treated almost as slaves themselves, they are hidden and left to do meanial house work such as weaving. It is as though their husbands are tyrants of some sort. We, the women of Sparta are the opposite of the Greeks. We are strong and equal to our men, we create the warriors who fight for our cause. One would even say we are in control of our men. I feel we are more than equal to our male