The women of Ancient Greece lived through a period of critical oppression, which would last several centuries. They were completely inferior and separated from a male society. Women were confined to the homes and restricted against free movement in the streets. Their duties were to bear children and attend to household affairs. The roles of women in the family differed between the upper and lower classes. Women of the upper class were confined to the …showed first 75 words of 946 total…

…showed last 75 words of 946 total…its enemies, and in return the family owed it a variety of obligations, including military service (Blundell 66)." Through the explanation of women’s existence, marriage, family unit, and role in Ancient Greece it is evident that they held many rituals but were none the less oppressed by men. Ancient Greece was a very interesting study because it can be conceived as one of the roots of the superior versus inferior relations between men and women.