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Where would be a better place to live: Ancient Athens or Sparta?
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As a woman, it would have been better to live in Sparta.
Pros
Cons
Pro claim 1
In ancient Athens, women were not considered citizens, and their rights were very limited.
Pro claim 2, children below
Spartan women would have had to engage in less domestic labor than their Athenian counterparts, on account of the larger slave population.
Pro claim 3
The Spartan state provided public education for both boys and girls.
Con claim 1, children below
In Sparta, women could
own land
, just like men.
Con claim 2, children below
Even though they had more freedoms than the average Greek woman at the time, Spartan women could not aspire beyond motherhood.