Topic 5: Women and the Greek Family

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

The (a)   position of Athenian women was protected by law

A women’s (a)   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 (a)   had to be returned with her.

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

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

Through the (a)   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.

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

The (a)   , or household unit, consisted of family, property and slaves.

In any family it was normal that property be divided between the existing (a)   sons.