Females would enter schools with their “sisterhood” at ages six and seven and would be taught similar things as the males. They would go to school and work at objectives to produce a strong willing wife. They also would have to pass tests at 18 and if they did not they also became periodos. If she passed she would be assigned a husband and allowed to go home. Woman and Sparta were very different in Sparta compared to other Greek cities. Most of the time woman of the cities were controlled by their husbands, but in Sparta the women were free willed and had close to as many rights as the
Females would enter schools with their “sisterhood” at ages six and seven and would be taught similar things as the males. They would go to school and work at objectives to produce a strong willing wife. They also would have to pass tests at 18 and if they did not they also became periodos. If she passed she would be assigned a husband and allowed to go home. Woman and Sparta were very different in Sparta compared to other Greek cities. Most of the time woman of the cities were controlled by their husbands, but in Sparta the women were free willed and had close to as many rights as the