Women in the Iliad Study Notes

The Role of Women in the Illiad
·Women in the Illiad demonstrate the importance of women in the lives of the ancient Greeks because they are so prominent in a story so dominated with military affairs.
·Greek men were plain about what they thought was an ideal women. Even an Artemis was hard for them to deal with. Even though they did not need to use their wives for sex, I doubt they would have wanted such a wife. The sad thing is that women who were not suited to be a wife, really had no place. Fortunately, the emphasis was placed on the family so, if a person could be productive in the family, they would probably be taken care of. Without a supportive family you were out in the street, and you probably could not live long there.
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