Women in Uruk and Greece: Wives, Noble, Whores, or Evil?

In the study of ancient civilizations, the status of women seems to be similar but through a wide range of roles, like the story of Medea and Gilgamesh. Both stories talk about what they think about women, and they show the best and worst of all women: general, shrine maiden, prostitute, wise man, or just devil woman. By analyzing and contrasting each woman we can see the women's view in ancient society through the details of the story and its defined behavior. Each story has an example of an ordinary woman.

Women's work and freedom obviously depend on social position in society. There are mainly three types of women in ancient Greece. I have a wife's lesson. My wife had to stay home to weave things. They are considered to be respected women. They are not allowed to go anywhere except religious ceremonies. That's right. They are poor women who are prostitutes (widows, slaves, girls, parents are forsaken by parents when they are babies). There is also hetaerae class. The educational level of the hetaerae class far exceeds that of the wife class. Only men pay high fees, they are male companions. They met men at parties and festivals. As mentioned above, my wife class is working at home, taking care of our children and taking care of small work at home. The prostitute's female class is male sexual partner. These women can act freely anywhere in society, basically there are no rules around them.

Sarah B. Pomeroy's influential monographs, goddesses, prostitutes, wives and slaves: Ancient women (1976) draws dark paintings. Men monopolize the influence of politics and public places, women live in a society controlled by men. Since childhood, the girls were trained to train new citizens for the city state. Athens society is very unique and seldom permits foreigners to share privileges of citizens. It is therefore important that women give birth to legitimate heirs. This has resulted in restrictions on young women's birth and freedom of sexuality regardless of whether they are married or not (Keuls, 1985). In the special part of the house Pomeroy, so-called feminizing arthritis (Pomeroy 1976, 80), women are isolated indoors. In adolescence, these young girls marry men over the age of 30