Women...

1. How did women's roles in society differ from Athens and Sparta?
Athenian women did less because society thought they were capable of less. Spartan women did more because society thought they were capable of more. Both places thought they were doing nothing wrong. I find it hard to explain the differences and which is better or worse because there are so many perspectives to approach this at. Spartan women were raised more equally to men but less like women where as athenian women were raised like women. Which is worse relys on perspective. I don't think either place did better or worse with their women no matter what the under lying cause was that they were meant for health children. I feel in Athen they realized how emotional women were they got more out of their marriage than athenian women but were far more limited.

2. If the Greeks are considered so advanced, so culturally elite, why do you believe gender equality (equality between men and women) was not established?
Not that they were considered so advanced they were, and I guess sad to say the fact that they didn't have equality between men and women didn't really effect the Greeks negatively, but we don't know if it would have effected them in a positive manner either. Also to their knowledge they thought they were using women to their full potential. Women as wifes were apparently only good for healthy procreation, not even for entertaining their husbands. People didn't really have spare time for "fun" so women didn't really work, in sparta they could participate in sports and make babies. Not for love, and not for companionship.

3. Based on your understanding of women in Ancient Greek society, how do you think women were depicted by artists at this time?
I have seen a few sculptures of women from Greece but if it wasn't for that I wouldn't even think they exist other than what they thought godesses look like. Possibly a frail and tired frame of a women who is pregnant, since they didn't eat much. As for Sparta same thing just a more muscular frame.