young women

• Who controlled Athenian girls?

  Their kyrios (usually father)
• What does it mean for Athenian girls to be exposed after birth?

  They were sometimes abandoned or left to die
• Where were boys and girls educated in Athens?

  In the home
• Who taught wealthy boys in Athens?

  A range of subject specialist tutors
• What practical skills were Athenian girls taught?

  Weaving
• How were healthy girls valued in Sparta compared to boys?

  As highly as boys
• What was the focus of training for Spartan boys and girls?

  To develop physical excellence
• Who took responsibility for education in Sparta?

  The Spartan state
• Who made the decision to expose a baby girl in Ancient Rome?

  The paterfamilias
• How were girls viewed in Ancient Rome compared to boys?

  As more of a burden on the household
• What would wealthy families pay for their daughters in Ancient Rome?

  To be taught to read and write
• What advanced subjects were typically taught only to boys in Ancient Rome?

  History, geometry, and rhetoric
• What practical tasks were girls taught in Ancient Rome?

  Weaving and cooking
• What were girls in poorer families expected to learn?

  A trade for work outside the home
• Who arranged marriages for daughters in Ancient Athens?

  The kyrios
• What was the purpose of the kyrios choosing a match for his daughter?

  To help with the family business
• What did a kyrios have to pay for his daughter's marriage?

  A large dowry
• What did a wedding celebration in Athens involve?

  Offerings to the gods and a feast
• How long did a wedding celebration last in Athens?

  Three days
• How did Spartan marriages differ from Athenian marriages?

  Women and men knew each other before marriage
• Did Spartans pay dowries during weddings?

  No
• Where did Spartan men live after marriage?

  In barracks
• Who arranged marriages for daughters in Ancient Rome?

  The paterfamilias
• What was the goal of the paterfamilias in choosing a marriage partner?

  To help the family business or reputation
• What types of marriages could the paterfamilias choose between?

  Cum manu or sine manu
• What type of ceremony is used for cum manu marriages?

  Coemptio ceremonies
• What type of ceremony is used for patrician cum manu marriages?

  Confarreatio ceremonies
• What is the most common ceremony for sine manu marriages?

  Usus ceremonies
• What are key terms related to Ancient Greek and Roman marriages?

  • Betrothal: agreement to marry
  • Kyrios: male head of a Greek household
  • Kyria: wife of the kyrios
  • Dowry: money paid to groom
  • Exposure: leaving unwanted babies to die
  • Paterfamilias: male head of a Roman household
  • Patria Potestas: power of paterfamilias
  • Rhetoric: art of public speaking
  • Cum manu: 'with hand' marriage
  • Sine manu: 'without hand' marriage
  • Materfamilias: wife of the paterfamilias
  • Coemptio: selling daughter in marriage
  • Confarreatio: offering to Jupiter in marriage
  • Usus: simple declaration of marriage
  • Patrician: noble class Roman