"Spartan women were famous (or notorious) for having more freedom than the women of other cities. Ancient sources record with amazement that girls recieved an education similar to that of boys, emphasizing physical training and dancing, and even exercised naked like boys...Unlike women at Athens, many Spartan women owned land. "
Sparta was a culture far ahead of its time in countless ways, from its military and social tactics to the role of women in their society. Women were very much the equals of men in Sparta. Spartan men realized that there were many things at which women excelled and could do most things almost as well as the men. women were even allowed to live independantly of men, and often, when the men were in the barracks, they would have to live by themselves, taking care of the houses and children.
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