tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864912.post3143218886780613014..comments2024-01-18T00:29:01.851-08:00Comments on Things I Think About: The B (Women and Children in Greek Antiquity)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864912.post-87805961919099463182010-06-08T14:47:02.249-07:002010-06-08T14:47:02.249-07:00Hi, Alia. Yes, you mention the role of helots and...Hi, Alia. Yes, you mention the role of helots and peoikoi. Part of the reason I only got a B. Also, I should have mentioned, that in Sparta women could won property.<br /><br />Regarding pederasty, it might have been inflicted on Helot boys by Spartan men but Plutarch (pp.197-8 of the edition in the bibliograhy) wrote that it was ilegal to sodomize Spartan boys. Also, homosexual relations among adult Spartan men was very common.<br /><br />I'm glad you enjoyed it.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16293781636265029035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864912.post-45351172188657657122010-06-08T09:39:48.182-07:002010-06-08T09:39:48.182-07:00Matt,
Since I can't see the footnotes what...Matt,<br /><br />Since I can't see the footnotes what's the source for Spartan boy being protected from perasty? Thermopylae by Paul Cartledge is sudgesting that this could be acceptable in Sparts too. And also that noble Spartan girls, unusually, were not taught much of the standard womanly arts such as spining because helot and peroikoi wosem did nost of this for them. I really enjoyed the paper, Thanks for shareing,<br /><br />AliaAlia D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00792974361508759737noreply@blogger.com