Greek Injustice
When it comes to the word “Greek” there are a lot of questions that come to mind and certain thoughts that people cannot answer, whether they are true or false. One of those Greek questions could be, “How was the Greek society Organized”? There were many different groups in the Greek society and the classes were in the groups. There were three main Greek classes which were Aristoi, Periokoi, and the Middle (also known as the business class). The head of the classes were the Aristoi’s with the most money and most powerful. They were not powerful because of the money but because they could have horses on military missions, Armor and even weapons. All of their money , well at least most of their money came from owning fertile land and by the
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The male citizens had more rights than anybody, In my opinion, they might as well have dominated the Greek society. The women had barely o rights at all compared to the men. They couldn’t inherit money/ wealth, own their own land or even vote. The women’s only purpose in life back then were rearing children and take care of the house hold. The children/Adolescents attended school which they covered basic math and reading/writing. Boys that were seven and up had to be toughened up by older males’ relatives with physical training. The goals for the girls were to train them for the role of a wife because by the time they were thirteen, they would be arranged by their father to get married as virgins. The Parents’ felt like the youth needed to have a better upbringing which meant the start of Sexual relationships between Adults and Adolescents. The Labourers were in a much wider group then the slaves. They could not be solid as slaves but had to depend on others and lived with their family. These people had to give employers have of everything and sometimes be left with nothing. They did this so they could be guaranteed their security but no legal status. As for the slaves, they would be sold/ bought, made to serve in war and owners could do with them as they wish. If slaves worked hard enough or even served in a war they could buy or receive their freedom but others would kill them
The male citizens had more rights than anybody, In my opinion, they might as well have dominated the Greek society. The women had barely o rights at all compared to the men. They couldn’t inherit money/ wealth, own their own land or even vote. The women’s only purpose in life back then were rearing children and take care of the house hold. The children/Adolescents attended school which they covered basic math and reading/writing. Boys that were seven and up had to be toughened up by older males’ relatives with physical training. The goals for the girls were to train them for the role of a wife because by the time they were thirteen, they would be arranged by their father to get married as virgins. The Parents’ felt like the youth needed to have a better upbringing which meant the start of Sexual relationships between Adults and Adolescents. The Labourers were in a much wider group then the slaves. They could not be solid as slaves but had to depend on others and lived with their family. These people had to give employers have of everything and sometimes be left with nothing. They did this so they could be guaranteed their security but no legal status. As for the slaves, they would be sold/ bought, made to serve in war and owners could do with them as they wish. If slaves worked hard enough or even served in a war they could buy or receive their freedom but others would kill them