Topic 5: Women and the Greek Family

Attitudes towards ___________ women were typical of those towards Greek women as a whole.

The _____________ position of Athenian women was protected by law

A women’s _________________ remained always separate from that of her husband, though he had the control of the income from it.

Husbands could divorce their wives as they chose, though the ______________ had to be returned with her.

Marriages could be dissolved by the wife’s ____________ , particularly if the marriage was childless.

It was a matter of shame to the whole family if a daughter remained ___________________.

Through the ___________ system girls took money and property out of their families into the family of their husbands and were thus a drain of their family’s economy.

________________ legislation laid down that unmarried girls who had not been seduced could not be sold into slavery.

The ______________ , or household unit, consisted of family, property and slaves.

In any family it was normal that property be divided between the existing ________________ sons.