Women
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- Created on: 24-04-14 17:27
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- Women
- Courtesans
- Known as hetairai (companions)they are high class prostitutes.
- Beautiful, and had good conversation or music skills.
- Never from Athenian families.
- The most powerful women in Athens, could earn lots of money
- Aspasia was Pericles's mistress, and held great sway over him.
- Childhood
- They would learn domestic skills from their mother.
- Mostly illiterate, only a few would learn music.
- Could help with religious duties, e.g Athena or Artemis.
- The Kyria
- Responsible for storerooms, and household.
- Made clothes (cloth was very expensive.
- Lots of weaving.
- Childbirth
- This is her main duty.
- Incredibly dangerous.
- Rights and Lifestyle
- She was the possesion of her husband.
- Couldn't leave house alone.
- Limits on how much they could buy.
- Some had to work, washing etc.
- Courtesans
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